I bought this coin at an auction which has been made into a key ring. I have tested it and it is Silver, but I can’t find the coin,so can anyone please tell me what it is?? Thanks
The item came in a collection of coins that I purchased at an auction last week, so along with the coins I paid £40. Have I been lucky enough to land a jackpot I ask myself??
Topic moved to "Coin identifications and valuations"(ZacUK, 11 Apr 2024, 23:54)
The item came in a collection of coins that I purchased at an auction last week, so along with the coins I paid £40. Have I been lucky enough to land a jackpot I ask myself??
Add size and weight before thinking about winning the jackpot. I'm certain this is a reproductions as others have already suggested. Any respectable auction house would do their research, know what this is and wouldn't just sell it as a part of a larger lot. Mickey-mouse auction houses such as ebay where there's no guarantee of authenticity will have no problem adding a reproduction such as this into a larger lot in an attempt to increase sold value.
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Indeed, the jackpot is unrealized, the dealer would always separate coins of this quality and design from the larger lot-pile. This is mainly a coin that is supposed to be bait on the pile and attract the attention of buyers - it is a trap. It works, it often happens on sales websites that buyers get ahead of themselves in the amount of payment.
Colleagues - the main indicator is the same - complete artificial patina - when the coin was in a syran solution (reaction - silver - blackened, turns brown over the entire surface) Then it was wiped with a napkin to highlight the relief of the design. Not even a hint of change or reaction to the effects of 2000 years of time in the wheel of the chariot. Large-scale production in the Balkans-Bulkaria, etc.. An individual - a counterfeiter would make an effort - to add a little sand, a little shade, and above all not to have the shine that hits the eyes,, fake-fake,, Of course, this is only my opinion - a person who he is working on the patina of his coin so that here in Prague I can give an imitation of the "Moravian denarius - with a thousand-year patina" to the doctors.
