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Epictetus

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  1. Thanks for your answer. I just bought a caliper so I don’t have much experience testing coins. I would expect less diameter, specially in older coins, due to wear but not more, however I don’t know what is the “allowed” threshold when considering to buy a coin or not. 0.04 and 0.01 doesn’t seem like a lot. In my coin the difference is 0.15 and I’m not sure if that’s a big difference or not. if you were buying to an user instead to a shop would it be acceptable 0.15 difference? In the future I want to buy to other users and the problem is I don’t really know how a fake looks like in terms of size, weight and how far from the given measures it can differ.
  2. Hi Everyone, I’m a bit confused since I had always thought that all sovereigns were standard 22.05mm diameter. I bought one Sovereign 1910 (Melbourne Mint) in Atkinsons and I’ve got the following measurements: Diameter: 22.2mm Width: 1.5mm Weight: 7.98g Specific G. Test= 7.98/between 0.44 and 0.46 = 18.13 / 17.34. Everything seems to be right except for the 22.2mm diameter, I’m sure it’s legit since I bought in a reputable shop but I can’t find any information in Numista about this coin 22.2mm. All entries say it should be 22.05mm. I’m wondering if I’ll find some problems in the future when I want to sell it and the new buyer sees 22.2mm diameter. If I had an entry of this coin I could let him know in advance. Any help about this? This is a pic of the coin. Thank you
  3. Good morning I would like to buy 30 Florins George V 50% Thanks
  4. I would like to buy 50 Florins George V 50% Thanks
  5. In theory you would still have to pay import taxes when buying from outside, but idk how serious they get checking parcels content.
  6. I also wonder what are the minting figures of those £2 coins, I tend to see a lot more designs of those than the 50p ones
  7. I collect only the 50p just for fun, I don’t expect them to go up in price. I haven’t bought any yet but saw on eBay many fakes Kew Gardens, maybe I will in the future as a gap filler.
  8. I would like to buy 50 George V Florin thank you
  9. In my experience, Pre 1947 are sold at spot, not over. That’s the main reason I buy them.
  10. I would like to buy 50 Florins George V
  11. In this case, the one that has been shared here is made of cupronickel, if they had put more effort on the design maybe using a mold from an original one the copy would have been very good, undetectable for many people without expensive testing tools, don’t you think? it would have passed ping test and magnetic test.
  12. Now that you mention it’s hilarious, I always thought they would use an original coin to make a mold so at least the shapes would be the same.
  13. Those ones you can buy them at spot price, testing the silver content should be enough. Also it has written on it “Copy” 😂 I understand the market is full of fakes, that’s why I want to know opinions about this kind of investment to those who are more experienced. btw Ali express will never stop impressing me 😂. I wonder if when you buy them they really have the word “copy” on the coin or it’s just for the image.
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