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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4490209, member: 19463&quot;]While this coin is quite likely genuine, it is still recommended to all that you buy ancient coins from people who specialize in and know ancient coins.&nbsp; There are relatively few people who are well skilled in all phases of ancient coins but any specialist in ancients might be preferable to a dealer whose specialty is paper money.&nbsp; This is especially true in the case of coins as often faked as the Tribute Penny, 30 Pieces of Silver and others with appeal to people who do not collect ancient coins.&nbsp; Our friends over at Forvm have a saying that sums up the situation: &quot;Either know the coins or know the seller.&quot;&nbsp; The thing to avoid is another old saying: &quot;The blind leading the blind.&quot;&nbsp; A seller may be 200% honest but their guarantees are still no better than their expertise.&nbsp; I have violated this rule several times and been lucky in many cases.&nbsp; I have also bought coins that I did not discover to be fake for 30 years and after the seller had died.&nbsp; It is, unfortunately, part of the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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