New acquisition in my shop

danglen · January 23, 2004 4:29AM

This piece walked through the front door of my shop this week. Any comments?

cosmicdebris · January 23, 2004 5:23AM

How much?

Coincracker · January 23, 2004 5:26AM

How much do you want for it? Probably more than I can afford. Very Nice. PM me a price if you are interested in selling.
Edited to say Cosmic you are to fast.

cosmicdebris · January 23, 2004 5:26AM

Holely shiite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just looked in the Krause.

laurentyvan · January 23, 2004 5:26AM

What he said.

Lloyd · January 23, 2004 5:26AM

$4500 UNC in my 2003 Krause.... Is it UNC ? Looks it...

I'll give you 5 Lire for it !

L

historygeek · January 23, 2004 5:28AM

Turkish Lira?

danglen · January 23, 2004 6:08AM

I paid $8.00 for it.....but it's a nice addition to my counterfeit collection

By the way, the weight was exactly on, and it is silver. My heart was beating pretty fast until I saw the tiny metal spurs in the field. Then the guy that was offering it to me tells me he just wanted to know if I knew what I was doing...Yeah, right

trozau · January 23, 2004 6:22AM

Nice one eventhough it's a counterfeit.

cosmicdebris · January 23, 2004 6:23AM

Dan can you get a close up so we can see the spurs?

danglen · January 23, 2004 10:17AM

<< <i> Dan can you get a close up so we can see the spurs? >>

Just can't get my camera to get the right magnification to come up with a decent image

Askari · January 23, 2004 12:11PM

Wow!! That really is a superb counterfeit!! I wonder where it came from? The Far East doesn't tend to do Italian coins.

wybrit · January 23, 2004 12:20PM

Do you think it's a product of Lebanon? There's a lot of fakin' going on there...

You know, you had me going there for a while until the middle of this thread.

SYRACUSIAN · January 23, 2004 3:02PM

Great counterfeit, great thread. Members should be extremely cautious when dealing with raw early 20th century Italian coins, including gold. I'm not sure that I would have been able to detect it, but danglen did and I suspect that the ANA course helps a lot with this kind of situations.

Italian coins are hot, hot,hot and the best counterfeits very often originate from the same country. Just like their almost perfect counterfeit sovereigns.

spoon · January 23, 2004 3:16PM

These things are common. I saw a few at the last show I went to (all marked truthfully). There's two on ebay right now...

newsman · January 23, 2004 3:20PM

<< <i>Members should be extremely cautious when dealing with raw early 20th century Italian coins, including gold. I'm not sure that I would have been able to detect it, but danglen did and I suspect that the ANA course helps a lot with this kind of situations.

Italian coins are hot, hot,hot and the best counterfeits very often originate from the same country. Just like their almost perfect counterfeit sovereigns. >>

Good advice, Dimitri, and a good reason to buy slabbed coins in some cases. I remember when I lived in Ethiopia how many counterfeit Italian coins were being passed off on unsuspecting foreigners. I love those old Italian coins, but I'll pass on taking risks with raw ones.

New acquisition in my shop

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