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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7367556, member: 110504"][USER=112852]@Nathan B.[/USER], the seam along the edge of your top photo of the side (2nd, middle one) is unmistakable. Until then, I was still hoping against hope that it wasn't a cast. But, um, Yeah. (Edit: ) ...No, make that Both side views.</p><p>...And, sure enough, coins ostensibly of Charlemagne, in contrast to his immediate descendants, are routinely through the roof, pricewise (...only Carolingian anyone ever heard of --at least the ones with money), and it's easy to imagine [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] being very conversant with fakes in the market. I suspect he was being diplomatic about the graininess of the surfaces, too. Those are looking more suspect the more I look....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7367556, member: 110504"][USER=112852]@Nathan B.[/USER], the seam along the edge of your top photo of the side (2nd, middle one) is unmistakable. Until then, I was still hoping against hope that it wasn't a cast. But, um, Yeah. (Edit: ) ...No, make that Both side views. ...And, sure enough, coins ostensibly of Charlemagne, in contrast to his immediate descendants, are routinely through the roof, pricewise (...only Carolingian anyone ever heard of --at least the ones with money), and it's easy to imagine [USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER] being very conversant with fakes in the market. I suspect he was being diplomatic about the graininess of the surfaces, too. Those are looking more suspect the more I look....[/QUOTE]
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