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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 3089515, member: 42634"]Before I send this coin back to the seller, I should probably run it buy you all here to make sure I'm not wrong. I have a semi-autonomous coin of Tomis I picked up on Ebay for cheap. Pictures were poor, so it was a gamble. No fake coin report on this one at forum. </p><p><br /></p><p>Size and mass are spot on, style is ok. There isn't an obvious seam or signs of seam removal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something looked a tad strange to me. Here is my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]779322[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]779323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Are those casting pearls? Like above the first C on the obverse or by the I and N on the reverse? Sometimes I can't tell if a "dot" is a casting pearl or something that is supposed to be there. So I checked out similar coins, this one has "dots" beside the I on both the obverse and reverse I would be suspicious of, but this coin must be ok.</p><p>Maybe these coins were all cast?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=541460" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=541460" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=541460</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is this coin I found that is shocking similar to mine...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4765858" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4765858" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4765858</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This has got to be cast right?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 3089515, member: 42634"]Before I send this coin back to the seller, I should probably run it buy you all here to make sure I'm not wrong. I have a semi-autonomous coin of Tomis I picked up on Ebay for cheap. Pictures were poor, so it was a gamble. No fake coin report on this one at forum. Size and mass are spot on, style is ok. There isn't an obvious seam or signs of seam removal. Something looked a tad strange to me. Here is my coin. [ATTACH=full]779322[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]779323[/ATTACH] Are those casting pearls? Like above the first C on the obverse or by the I and N on the reverse? Sometimes I can't tell if a "dot" is a casting pearl or something that is supposed to be there. So I checked out similar coins, this one has "dots" beside the I on both the obverse and reverse I would be suspicious of, but this coin must be ok. Maybe these coins were all cast? [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=541460[/url] Then there is this coin I found that is shocking similar to mine... [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4765858[/url] This has got to be cast right?[/QUOTE]
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