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<p>[QUOTE="pprp, post: 7585563, member: 94602"]There is nothing wrong with eastern imitations, they are ancient as well and I actually find them very cute. The silver content is not different, they didn't make them to deceive, they probably liked the design that was universally acceptable and they copied it. I think your coin is 70% possible to be an eastern imitation. The face of the owl makes me say so. But apart from a few designs that are undisputably Egyptian like mine below, there are many which noone knows for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1307042[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now please allow me for a constructive criticism. You should better know the coin or investigate a bit before spending 1500$ and trying to find out afterwards what did you buy. I suppose you were intrigued by the MS 5/5 4/5 grading. I, for example, would not bid on this coin because the lips of Athena are not well struck. Don't fall for the numbers, without looking at the coin first...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="pprp, post: 7585563, member: 94602"]There is nothing wrong with eastern imitations, they are ancient as well and I actually find them very cute. The silver content is not different, they didn't make them to deceive, they probably liked the design that was universally acceptable and they copied it. I think your coin is 70% possible to be an eastern imitation. The face of the owl makes me say so. But apart from a few designs that are undisputably Egyptian like mine below, there are many which noone knows for sure. [ATTACH=full]1307042[/ATTACH] Now please allow me for a constructive criticism. You should better know the coin or investigate a bit before spending 1500$ and trying to find out afterwards what did you buy. I suppose you were intrigued by the MS 5/5 4/5 grading. I, for example, would not bid on this coin because the lips of Athena are not well struck. Don't fall for the numbers, without looking at the coin first...[/QUOTE]
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