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<p>[QUOTE="Eric Coin, post: 461634, member: 16030"]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been finally organizing some of the coins I got from my grandpa. In one of the bags I found two old coins wrapped up. One is a big silver coin that looks Greek (probably about the size of a quarter). The other one is smaller (has a horse on it) and is kind of a bronze color but has some knicks in it and under the bronze color it looks silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, I can't set up my scanner to get some pictures of these two coins right now. But, I noticed that on both of these coins there is a line around the rim. Like if you are looking at the side of the coin there is a line just about right down the middle. It looks like maybe an area where if you pressed the coin together (to make it?) there was a small seam where the sides connected on the edges. When I first saw these coins I was really excited but ever since seeing the line I wonder if they are fake. My grandpa died 8 years ago and he never told me the history of these coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will try to get photos later, I don't know if anyone will be able to understand what I am trying to say without the photos. Just thought I would ask. :desk:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Coin, post: 461634, member: 16030"]Hi all, I have been finally organizing some of the coins I got from my grandpa. In one of the bags I found two old coins wrapped up. One is a big silver coin that looks Greek (probably about the size of a quarter). The other one is smaller (has a horse on it) and is kind of a bronze color but has some knicks in it and under the bronze color it looks silver. Ok, I can't set up my scanner to get some pictures of these two coins right now. But, I noticed that on both of these coins there is a line around the rim. Like if you are looking at the side of the coin there is a line just about right down the middle. It looks like maybe an area where if you pressed the coin together (to make it?) there was a small seam where the sides connected on the edges. When I first saw these coins I was really excited but ever since seeing the line I wonder if they are fake. My grandpa died 8 years ago and he never told me the history of these coins. I will try to get photos later, I don't know if anyone will be able to understand what I am trying to say without the photos. Just thought I would ask. :desk:[/QUOTE]
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