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Now the post got approved 🙂 There is a link to the one this was a cast of. Would have loved an owl, but guess I will have to just be happy I found out before paying 😞

It was a forgery! Tried posting earlier, but comment appears to be stuck. The original coin has been found online, and this is a cast of it. @Nemo did they send the buyers new, authentic, coins? Or did they just cover up their mistake afterwards and cancel all bids?

Sad day! This has now been proven to be a fake. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9174168 Exact match to the coin

Yeah, I also reacted heavily on those leaves. As did others. But many also said it didn't look obviously fake. So now I'm stuck in a hard spot. 25€ shipping, so maybe worth that risk. Unless it is extremely unlikely that it is authentic.

Hi! Ended up buying this owl for 240€ after fees. Was recently brought to attention that the other owl in the auction might be a forgery, and the same people suspected mine might be as well. They could not say with full certainty, but did point out some red flags which I fully agreed with. I did however also notice a lot of the pictures from the auction were over exposed. So now I am wondering if this coin actually is a forgery, or just if the picture is bad. I do have the ability to cancel the lot, but would certainly prefer not doing so (doubt I can get one that is decent like this one within my 250€ budget). But obviously if it is a forgery, I certainly would want to cancel the lot. Any input that can be provided here? One thing that was pointed out is that the "berry" is connected to the leaf, when it should be separate. I have however seen authentic copies that have this happened to them, albeit not many. Thanks a bunch!