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<p>[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 8035404, member: 89687"][ATTACH=full]1391771[/ATTACH] i was gonna wait a couple of more days before putting up, but it lQQks like [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] has spotted a clue.. i didn't want to give it away posting and i didn't want to be dishonest.. so i did it like that..these two coins are modern 'reproductions' that cost 25 'pounds' shipped. i found them after i'd looked at several Balbinus and Pupienus sestertius at several auction houses..i noticed on a few blisters and what looked like fake patina to me...so i went looking to see what i could find in the fake department and found these a place in GB called "Thomas Greaves"..these are call "Victorian reproductions"..and i am quite sure i seen a few of these up for auction in my search...i got these to remind me(and my Peeps here also<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) that they are out there and to keep BN Leary..i included pics of two coins that i personally thought were fake, not that they were mind you but...and then i looked at what kind of guarantee they had,.....i know that most my Peeps here didn't/wouldn't look critically at my coins,bless their hearts. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]1391766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ominus1, post: 8035404, member: 89687"][ATTACH=full]1391771[/ATTACH] i was gonna wait a couple of more days before putting up, but it lQQks like [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER] has spotted a clue.. i didn't want to give it away posting and i didn't want to be dishonest.. so i did it like that..these two coins are modern 'reproductions' that cost 25 'pounds' shipped. i found them after i'd looked at several Balbinus and Pupienus sestertius at several auction houses..i noticed on a few blisters and what looked like fake patina to me...so i went looking to see what i could find in the fake department and found these a place in GB called "Thomas Greaves"..these are call "Victorian reproductions"..and i am quite sure i seen a few of these up for auction in my search...i got these to remind me(and my Peeps here also:)) that they are out there and to keep BN Leary..i included pics of two coins that i personally thought were fake, not that they were mind you but...and then i looked at what kind of guarantee they had,.....i know that most my Peeps here didn't/wouldn't look critically at my coins,bless their hearts. :)[ATTACH=full]1391766[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391767[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391769[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1391770[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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