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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 926478, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I just bought a couple really nice slabbed US coins from a dealer named Tony.&nbsp; He had just purchased these ancient looking pieces.&nbsp; I am not qualified to discuss whether they are real or fake.&nbsp; I thought it would be nice to post the coins here &amp; introduce Tony to CoinTalk here.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/AncientsRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/AncientsObverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"></font></font><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I took these two photographs free-hand at his bourse table.&nbsp; I don’t have the coins now so I don’t have access to take additional photos.&nbsp; I have sent Tony an Email with a link to this thread so that he can benefit from your advice about these ancient looking pieces.&nbsp; You will note the “S” which is stamped onto most of them.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I told Tony that I would post the following Websites for his use.&nbsp; These two Websites discuss fake ancients and provide a good resource for looking up common fakes:</font></font></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0</span></font></font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php</span></font></font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Since he buys similar ancient items from Ebay, I also referred him to the notorious fake sellers list:</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0</span></font></font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Finally, since he buys raw coins on Ebay, I would like to refer him to <a href="http://www.toolhaus.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.toolhaus.org" rel="nofollow">www.toolhaus.org</a> to research feedback on all Ebay sellers.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Tony &amp; I look forward to your comments.&nbsp; Of course, I hope that Tony signs-up to CoinTalk so he can add to this thread.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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