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<p>[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4956149, member: 97383"]Cicero12, Your Hadrian aureus is a stunning coin with an impressive pedigree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />! The rich toning adds to the eye appeal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The coin pictured below has remained in my collection the longest. I bought the coin in 1966 (54 years ago) when I was 18 years old <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I posted this coin about a year ago here on <b>CT</b> in a thread "<b>Old Lesson from the School of Hard Knox</b>". The coin turned out to be a forgery made by the master forger <b>Peter Rosa</b>, who was working in N.Y.C. Rosa was selling this fake for $3.00 & I paid $25.00 for my coin from a nefarious dealer in Rochester, NY <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191350[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Al Kowsky, post: 4956149, member: 97383"]Cicero12, Your Hadrian aureus is a stunning coin with an impressive pedigree :jawdrop:! The rich toning adds to the eye appeal :cool:. The coin pictured below has remained in my collection the longest. I bought the coin in 1966 (54 years ago) when I was 18 years old :shame:. I posted this coin about a year ago here on [B]CT[/B] in a thread "[B]Old Lesson from the School of Hard Knox[/B]". The coin turned out to be a forgery made by the master forger [B]Peter Rosa[/B], who was working in N.Y.C. Rosa was selling this fake for $3.00 & I paid $25.00 for my coin from a nefarious dealer in Rochester, NY :mad:. [ATTACH=full]1191350[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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