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Offline simmurray

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VIRTVS EXERCIT - Uncleaned, possible fake
« on: June 22, 2009, 08:17:57 am »
Received this in an uncleaned lot - the detail was not apparent a first, coin was dirty and suffering bronze disease.  The coin worries me - the metal seems a bit red compare to most coins and on the reverse the SF sign, I have a backwards S compared to all other examples

Example of coin in coinarchives: [DEAD LINK REMOVED BY ADMIN]

My coin pics are attached - tried my best but my kodak is too sensitive for me :(

Steve
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Re: VIRTVS EXERCIT - Uncleaned, possible fake
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2009, 08:24:37 am »
This is one of the "uncleaned fakes" that first emerged on the market in 1993-1994.

http://www.lunalucifera.com/ModernFakes/index.html

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Martin
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Re: VIRTVS EXERCIT - Uncleaned, possible fake
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2009, 08:29:52 am »
Quote from: maridvnvm on June 22, 2009, 08:24:37 am
This is one of the "uncleaned fakes" that first emerged on the market in 1993-1994.

http://www.lunalucifera.com/ModernFakes/index.html

Regards,
Martin

Its an awful coin - it just looks and feels completely wrong; after I got the dirt off I was simply confused by it; it abysmal
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