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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1119911, member: 19463&quot;]My most beautiful coin is a fake.&nbsp; Real Dekadrachms of Akragas (a Greek city in Sicily) are the price of a house in my neighborhood and only become available for purchase every few years.&nbsp; This has not changed in the last two centuries so a German engraver Karl Becker cut dies copying the type and his original fakes bring good money today.&nbsp; Mine is a more recent copy made from an original Becker.&nbsp; Even after all that, it is still a beautiful design.&nbsp; The Greeks put some effort to fit the design to the round flan showing the horses rearing around rather than just charging off the flan.&nbsp; The two eagles (my favorite side) also balance on the round space better than many modern designs can do.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The same series also produced some minor types that I can afford.&nbsp; This nickel sized bronze isn&#039;t as flashy as the half dollar size dekadrachm but it is real and actually was first spent in the 5th century BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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