Hi everyone, Does this coin of Tiberius appear cast? If not, what would cause the extensive pitting? Many thanks Frantz http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...
Alan, Since to me your post includes the type of vague references that the poll suggestion could deal with could you please be more specific regarding: a)...
Anyone know a good way to tell if a medieval silver (or silver billon) coin is forged vs real. A reference to a web site or good book would be appreciated. ...
... ViewItem&item=2214824150&category=4738 I don't understand what you mean by "hidden backwards info." If you're referring to the fact that this dealer runs...
Frantz, It might have been cleaned by electrolysis -- that can cause pitting like this. I believe some very potent acid baths might do the same. And then...
What is hidden and backwards about the information? The coin is suspicious only because it's a very choice example, with no reserve, no high opening price, and...
What is wrong with the ghost in front of the bust? If you look at Valerian Antoniniani in general this feature is quite common on his issues as well as those...
Hello CFDL, I can nto say the coin is not ancient by the photo. The "pitting" appears to me to be instead granularisation. The areas between the grains are...
Hello Jorg Lueke / CFDL, US grading system is how much wear / damage since strike, the seller is US and does not invoke over all grading system or UK grading...
Euainetos is probaby NOT committing any crime by not repoting the alleged wrongdoing to authorities. His point is NOT that HJB and dealers that are doing...
Hi Georgy girl! I am attacking collectors? Show me the coins on CNG website or HJB or whoever....please, this is getting so old. Its like asking an Eskimo...
it says: "Genuine 2400+ Year Old Greek Tetradrachm" and then "Rare Example with Signed Dies by the Master Artist Engraver" if it's engraved you can't really...
... Dear listmembers, I wish (I suppose we all wish) that facts about fakes would be proven, controversial issues would be resolved, criminals would be caught ...
[Warning: This post doesn't discuss any actual coins.] Do high-tech forgeries sometimes pass respected European auction houses? I can't answer that... but I...
Certainly it can be genuine. It simply means that this is one of those examples where the artist/designer/carver thought so much of his work that he signed...
Yes, a person is innocent until proven guilty, that how it is in COURT OF LAW. we are not. we are exchanging ideas and opinions. we are entitled to post...
Yea, the artist is probably Antonius Fakerius... Rogozik Hanoh ... From: jkolling [mailto:jkolling@...] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:29 AM To:...
Master Artist Engraver refers to the engraver of the dies, not an engraver of the coin. The EV below the bust is the abreviated signature of Euainetos (not...
First, Happy New Year to all CFDL members! I thank Alan VanArsdale and Barry Murphy for their insightful and highly professional observations on the Valerian...
Raymond, Part of the problem of determining what happened to this coin is that it is just a picture. But since quite a few of these valerian pieces show what...
Isadore, I don't think there's any crime being committed unless its libel against the dealers. I agree it sounds like the main point is that Veres sold...
... This seller doctors his photos. Brings them into an image editing program such as Photoshop and smooths the pixels on the cheek of the obverse portrait, in...
Flow lines are in the die, not the flan. When a coin is struck the flan expands from the center towards the edges. Flow lines are appear in spots where the...
In a message dated 1/1/04 2:44:17 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... All, The responses by Barry and Alan were both interesting but I disagree, a little, with both....
I am one of the latest customers (actually, victims) of this fraudulant HVAROTC EBAY seller. It is so convenient that the (private) buyer was disqualified, so...
