His "French" coin looks Belgian, and "Napoleon" looks like Leopold.
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Not that you can tell very well, from the way the pictures are focused. Must've smeared Vaseline on the lens.
Does any of this add to one's confidence about this raw gold coin?
Nope.
Probably is real, but I wouldn't trust the seller to know that. I mean, if you can't read LEOPOLD on there...
Does any of this add to one's confidence about this raw gold coin?
Nope.
Probably is real, but I wouldn't trust the seller to know that. I mean, if you can't read LEOPOLD on there...
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"Crudly" struck. Ha.
I couldn't resist:
<< <i>Guess again!
That's not a Roman gold coin. It's a fanam from India. Don't believe me? Just search for "fanam". 800 BC? Hilarious. Rome didn't strike coins in 800 BC. Rome hadn't been founded in 800 BC. NOBODY struck coins in 800 BC. Know why? Coins hadn't been INVENTED yet. >>
<< <i>Oh, this is even worse.
"Crudly" struck. Ha.
I couldn't resist:
<< <i>Guess again!
That's not a Roman gold coin. It's a fanam from India. Don't believe me? Just search for "fanam". 800 BC? Hilarious. Rome didn't strike coins in 800 BC. Rome hadn't been founded in 800 BC. NOBODY struck coins in 800 BC. Know why? Coins hadn't been INVENTED yet. >>
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Lol, ebay can be entertaining sometimes.
edit: added "large". Certainly not the same league as Napolean III.
DPOTD
Basically, he suggested I perform anatomically impossible deeds upon myself.
Guess I deserved that, considering the sarcasm I just couldn't stop myself from using at his ridiculous description.
He did say they don't do much with world coins and the information on the holder came from the person they'd acquired it from.
One hopes for his sake that he didn't pay the price on the sticker.
Just got this message regarding this coin.
<< <i>NG means NUEVA GUATEMALA, no such thing as Nueva Granada mint in Guatemala, Nueva Granada is Colombia please inform yourself >>
Moral of the story: if one is to go around correcting others, one should proceed a little more carefully with one's own auction listings.
(But at least I didn't identify the king as George III, or the country as Ancient Greece from "800 BC". Ha.)