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Confirmation of Slab Authenticity

Hi All,

If this wasn't a Hong Kong based seller, I would not bring this to the forum.

Seller's feedback established over 9 years is 100% and has an assortment of lower and higher grade coins some slabs with details/grafiti or raw coins- LINK

This is the item slab

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The Taler can be traced to the 2006 Goldberg's auction of the Hesselgesser collection - Lot 1895 - Link to auction

Auction images over Ebay.

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From the toning patterns, marks and 7 O'clock obverse slight edge clip the coin seems identical. From researching various sites for slab forgeries and patterns nothing stands out. The seller when prompted indicated he knows that the fake market is abundant in the region yet he takes pride in 30 years of coin dealing and hates copies.

Thoughts?
Habsburg Talers

TalerUniverse.com is a curated numismatic project dedicated to the silver talers, crowns, and medals of the Habsburg Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, spanning the 16th–18th centuries. The collection emphasizes historically significant issues, rare mint varieties, and high-grade NGC/PCGS examples, presented with detailed historical context, scholarly references, and high-resolution photography. TalerUniverse aims to serve both as a private collection showcase and a growing reference resource for collectors, researchers, and students of early-modern European coinage.

Comments

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,955 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks ok to me. Both the slab and the images. Goldberg probably just used auxillary lighting to bring-out the color.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭
    Edited again: found the auction. Link

    It looks legitimate assuming the pictures were taken by the seller.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    He is a major customer and seller at Heritage, I talked with them about him several months ago and they endorsed him without hesitation.
  • ZoharZohar Posts: 6,713 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks Jeff thats very helpful!
    Habsburg Talers

    TalerUniverse.com is a curated numismatic project dedicated to the silver talers, crowns, and medals of the Habsburg Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, spanning the 16th–18th centuries. The collection emphasizes historically significant issues, rare mint varieties, and high-grade NGC/PCGS examples, presented with detailed historical context, scholarly references, and high-resolution photography. TalerUniverse aims to serve both as a private collection showcase and a growing reference resource for collectors, researchers, and students of early-modern European coinage.
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