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Offline Victor

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unofficial Constantine II in a slab
« on: June 20, 2021, 10:08:35 AM »

Here's an unofficial coin of Constantine II that looks good enough that NGC slabbed it...though it is definitely not official. It has several issues, some obvious, others more subtle.

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Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2021, 10:47:06 AM »
That's pretty sad - I assume they would have labelled it as unofficial if they realized.

The "x" on banner is a massive giveaway.
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Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2021, 11:11:33 AM »
PTR is also pretty blatant.

I have several other unofficial issues that were slabbed and they include something like "barbarous" on the label, like the campgate and overstrike below.

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Re: unofficial Constantine II in a slab
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2021, 11:34:22 AM »
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PTR is also pretty blatant

True, although for some reason that didn't jump out to me as much as the style and "x" (maybe because I collect Christian symbols).

Helvetica's spreadsheet lists another ancient imitiation with PTR mintmark from the Bishops Canning hoard.
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