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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3565160, member: 84744"]Hi David - I'm so sorry that some controversy has erupted over your new coin, which you were so excited about. It's a real downer when something like this happens and I really feel for you! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion doesn't matter a whole lot, but reflecting on all the above, if it were my coin I wouldn't be comfortable with it. There's enough doubt that I would return it. Lolli makes some good points, albeit not in the friendly way we've come to appreciate in this forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd be curious to know if others have encountered 19th century casts with thick patinas anything like this. I haven't, only relatively unpatinated coins. (Of course, a patina could have been chemically added later.)</p><p><br /></p><p>You mentioned Curtis Clay helping with the provenance, and Jay has said that he's seen the coin, although you didn't say that explicitly in your OP. Has Curtis seen the coin in hand?</p><p><br /></p><p>The patina and Clay's expertise are the two main things weighing in my mind for the coin's authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my example of a 19th century cast fake sestertius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]948259[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and some die-matched coins that I think are highly questionable:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1485200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1485200" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1485200</a></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1687690" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1687690" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1687690</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I still love this coin. It belonged to an older relative of mine who introduced me to Roman coins when I was a wee sprog. This was the one that most fascinated me. Too bad it turned out to be a fake!</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope yours turns out to be genuine, and that you can be fully confident about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3565160, member: 84744"]Hi David - I'm so sorry that some controversy has erupted over your new coin, which you were so excited about. It's a real downer when something like this happens and I really feel for you! :( My opinion doesn't matter a whole lot, but reflecting on all the above, if it were my coin I wouldn't be comfortable with it. There's enough doubt that I would return it. Lolli makes some good points, albeit not in the friendly way we've come to appreciate in this forum. I'd be curious to know if others have encountered 19th century casts with thick patinas anything like this. I haven't, only relatively unpatinated coins. (Of course, a patina could have been chemically added later.) You mentioned Curtis Clay helping with the provenance, and Jay has said that he's seen the coin, although you didn't say that explicitly in your OP. Has Curtis seen the coin in hand? The patina and Clay's expertise are the two main things weighing in my mind for the coin's authenticity. Here's my example of a 19th century cast fake sestertius: [ATTACH=full]948259[/ATTACH] and some die-matched coins that I think are highly questionable: [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1485200[/url] [url]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1687690[/url] I still love this coin. It belonged to an older relative of mine who introduced me to Roman coins when I was a wee sprog. This was the one that most fascinated me. Too bad it turned out to be a fake! I hope yours turns out to be genuine, and that you can be fully confident about it.[/QUOTE]
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