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ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I don't think this is authentic, the surfaces look off and there's no date/date range. Please post your thoughts. Unfortunately, this is my only image.

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    JBKJBK Posts: 14,789 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have very little experience with these but I don't like the look of it. I vote fake.

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,945 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks cast.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Where does that BN* number take you. Who's flip and label style is that? Inquiring minds want to know. Peace Roy

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    CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭

    Nothing is immediately alarming in that photograph, but I would have to see reverse, edge, and know the weight before being able to make any kind of decision.

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    ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the responses. I have some better images . The coin weighs 16.9 grams.


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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,945 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It looks more authentic in the second photo. Regardless, it needs to be seen by someone who really knows the coins in that series ... and that isn't me.

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    ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you for the responses, suggestions. Here are the last images, 1 of the edge (best i could get) and of the flip it came in.



    Thank you again, everyone

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    CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭

    Looks just fine to me. I'd buy and sell it as genuine.

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    AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    edited July 1, 2018 4:55AM

    I see no red flags, it looks consistent with other examples I've handled.

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    ChangeInHistoryChangeInHistory Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you everyone for the opinions. A friend of mine is thinking of buying it from someone that has had it since the mid 1980's. My friend will happen to be in downtown Chicago and the owner is allowing him to bring it to Harlan Berks. I'll post the results when i get them.
    Thanks again for the opinions and suggestions.

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    numismagramnumismagram Posts: 146 ✭✭✭

    Looks ok to me. New Style Athens tetradrachm from the mid-late 2nd century BC. Retail somewhere in the $250-350 range.

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    NLLNLL Posts: 34 ✭

    Your coin looks real however I would caution the flip. The flip looks like a PIC flip which over time can leach and damage the coin.

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