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Title: Is this a forgery? Post by: jtalbot0001 on February 26, 2016, 12:24:08 AM I came across this on ebay and wanted to know if it is a forgery, it seems that way as I have never seen writing under the bust, see the listing, I've seen WRL stamped on coins but nothing quite like that, whats your thoughts?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roman-Coin-Faustina-/222034066446?hash=item33b242fc0e:g:-2kAAOSwFNZWz229 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roman-Coin-Faustina-/222034066446?hash=item33b242fc0e:g:-2kAAOSwFNZWz229) Title: Re: Is this a forgery? Post by: celticspikey on February 26, 2016, 07:14:36 AM User name Hassan... ;D no feed back ? doesn't look rite either. I would pass. ;)
Title: Re: Is this a forgery? Post by: probono on February 26, 2016, 09:22:21 AM Yes, it's a fake - like most if not all of his other offerings.
To me the writing looks like 'Sou' from 'Souvenir' - the obverse - in terms of style isn't bad, but the reverse is atrocious. He's also got another identical one - and as you said there shouldn't be writing (at least like that) under the bust. Many of his coins are quite worn - making it harder - especially with the size of the images, even after magnification to make a '100%' either way - quite deliberately I would imagine. But, given that the Nero he is selling is quite an obvious (and I think quite often sold) fake, and then there are several of the Vespasians which look quite cast, and then this strange coin (with a twin), then would say that they know what they are doing in offering less than legitimate coins...... Don't touch it. Title: Re: Is this a forgery? Post by: celticspikey on February 26, 2016, 09:01:08 PM They you go a much more detailed reason why not to buy, Roland comes to the rescue with a detailed and accurate explanation, thanks probono ;) ;)
Title: Re: Is this a forgery? Post by: probono on February 26, 2016, 09:57:35 PM They you go a much more detailed reason why not to buy, Roland comes to the rescue with a detailed and accurate explanation, thanks probono ;) ;) Thank you :) The general advice (from the Coin Forgery Discussion List) is that if you suspect a coin - have a look at their other offerings - you can expect the odd fake off even reputable people, but if they are selling a whole bunch of them, you can be sure yours is as well, even if you are not 100% sure. There seem to be a particularly high percentage of fakes on ebay at the moment - perhaps they are trying to raise money for something.... |