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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 962695, member: 26302"]I agree. Sorry but the photos do look like cast fakes, and the first coin is a very heavily faked coin especially. It is Judea Capta with Vespasian. I have seen about 100 fakes for every real example of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look very carefully at the edges. You will see either a casting line all the way around, or file markings eliminating the casting line.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to know how we can know from photos, there are other tell tale signs, like softness in recessed fields where there should be detail, pitting, (ait bubbles), in the fields where it should be smooth, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 962695, member: 26302"]I agree. Sorry but the photos do look like cast fakes, and the first coin is a very heavily faked coin especially. It is Judea Capta with Vespasian. I have seen about 100 fakes for every real example of the coin. Look very carefully at the edges. You will see either a casting line all the way around, or file markings eliminating the casting line. If you want to know how we can know from photos, there are other tell tale signs, like softness in recessed fields where there should be detail, pitting, (ait bubbles), in the fields where it should be smooth, etc.[/QUOTE]
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