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<p>[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 2570004, member: 44210"]I know some of us have received a different coin than what you had originally bought. As some of you know, I had recently purchased a Visigothic gold tremissis of King Sisebut (612-621 AD) from Emerita (Merida), but was sent a different one from Toledo mint instead. The coin received is as good as the other one quality-wise (besides a tiny crack) and actually kind of better for me since I already have bronzes from Emerita but nothing from Toledo, which was the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom. Because of these things I've decided to keep the one sent, unless the seller eventually replies that he sold it to someone else or otherwise really needs it back badly (hopefully not).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/barbarian-gold.286035/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/barbarian-gold.286035/">original thread</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remember also a couple of years back I had purchased an Anastasius follis but was instead sent a Justin I follis. That one I returned and got the Anastasius follis. And earlier this year I got sent a different Probus silvered antoninianus than the one I had bought. Seller never replied back when I informed them of their mistake, so I ended up keeping that one as well (good thing for me, since this time also the coin sent was better than what I bought).</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened when the wrong coin was received? Did you send it back? Kept it? Seller owned up, or lied about it? Curious as to your stories. I remember there was a prominent one earlier this year that became like, a 10-page thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValiantKnight, post: 2570004, member: 44210"]I know some of us have received a different coin than what you had originally bought. As some of you know, I had recently purchased a Visigothic gold tremissis of King Sisebut (612-621 AD) from Emerita (Merida), but was sent a different one from Toledo mint instead. The coin received is as good as the other one quality-wise (besides a tiny crack) and actually kind of better for me since I already have bronzes from Emerita but nothing from Toledo, which was the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom. Because of these things I've decided to keep the one sent, unless the seller eventually replies that he sold it to someone else or otherwise really needs it back badly (hopefully not). Here's the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/barbarian-gold.286035/']original thread[/URL]. I remember also a couple of years back I had purchased an Anastasius follis but was instead sent a Justin I follis. That one I returned and got the Anastasius follis. And earlier this year I got sent a different Probus silvered antoninianus than the one I had bought. Seller never replied back when I informed them of their mistake, so I ended up keeping that one as well (good thing for me, since this time also the coin sent was better than what I bought). What happened when the wrong coin was received? Did you send it back? Kept it? Seller owned up, or lied about it? Curious as to your stories. I remember there was a prominent one earlier this year that became like, a 10-page thread.[/QUOTE]
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