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Offline Daniel Bergström

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Is this real or fake?
« on: February 06, 2017, 08:56:46 am »
Hi this coin is up for auction on an auction site and to me it looks like an obviously edge seam, what do you think?

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Offline Carausius

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Re: Is this real or fake?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2017, 09:18:57 am »
Hi Daniel. First, it's not really possible to diagnose an edge seam from a photo like this. You'd be surprised how lighting and camera angle can play tricks on the appearance of an edge and some minor edge anomolies are just minor edge anomolies. Second, it is not permitted to screen potential purchases or auction targets on Forum (not sure if you were considering bidding on this coin).
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Offline Daniel Bergström

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Re: Is this real or fake?
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2017, 10:37:07 am »
ok i was planning to contact the seller if it was a fake, i didn't know that a mod can remove the thread.
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Re: Is this real or fake?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2017, 08:43:58 pm »
Almost certainly genuine.
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Re: Is this real or fake?
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 07:10:44 am »
The apparent edge seam in pictures of silver coins is a classic. Mostly it doesn't exist in the real world.
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