I wouldn¹t touch it with a 10-foot pole! The lines that make the letters are too wide. The bottom letter on the left of the obverse is wrong. The metal...
Unfortunatly, the image quality is very poor (bad lighting). At first glance, it just looks fake. But because of the lighting one cannot jump to that...
Robert/ACFDL: IMHO, the ebay coin is not a die match to Hendin #F659.2.1 in his book "NOT KOSHER". 4 Obverse Differences (ignoring the two die break like...
... I disagree, and still believe they are a die match. You have to remember that even two coins struck back to back from the same set of dies will not look...
Robert/ACFDL: Here is a composite image to illustrate my post - http://www.picfury.com/10/65921%20compare1a-1.html The obverses of Hendin 659.2.1 and the ebay...
Robert/ACFDL: (This is the 3rd time in 36 hours that I have tried to post this, hopefully the Yahoo gremlins will let this one through. If the other two...
Zeynep Çizmeli, Le monnayage de Néocésarée et du koinon du Pont, Glaux 17, pp.195, 2 maps 40 tables 471 illustred coins ISBN 88-87235-37-6 Euro 48 bound. ...
Many of you have probably already seen these where I asked about them on the CFDL and the ancient_chinese_coins lists. Some of you have probably already given...
If anyone has the time to take a look at these it would also be appreciated. They are, top to bottom, a Da Quan Wu Bai, an Anyang spade and an unknown knife...
I'm just spreading the news about GMail that I learned on this web page. I hope people will reconsider using GMail email accounts after reading the info on...
I've uploaded a jpeg called CAlliusBala.jpg in the files section to get some opinions on it. My concerns around this coin were triggered by the mark that looks...
Hi All, I was hoping to get your thoughts on the authenticity of this bronze of Ptolemy III. It is 35mm and 35.3 grams and should be svoronos 965 if I looked...
... The second "centration dimples" look to me from the photos to be instead the effects of corrosion, with the obverse hole in Zeus' hair being deeper and the...
Dear Bannatum, Seems that no one else has replied to your inquiry, at least on list, so I thought I provide a little information. Wildwinds is a useful tool,...
Doing my Monday eBay rounds, I came across these beauties in the areas I follow: Bulgarian School forgery of Lysimachos tetradrachm being sold as authentic ...
You are invited to join this new list eFakes-L, if you are concerned about Internet fraud involving sale of fake and misrepresented collectibles on eBay and...
The following is a modern Bulgarian struck fake: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270020504769 This is what it looked like before it was more...
eFakes-L: Week 1 This new forum is off to a rousing start, with nearly 100 members in its first week. I'm encouraged by that reception, and see every reason to...
Hello, I seldom post, but wondered if the membership had any opinions about the authenticity of this Athenian, new style tetradrachm. It's being offered by a...
We've just added another large new selection of desirable ancient coins to www.classicalcoins.com <http://www.classicalcoins.com/> . To quickly review these...
ForgeryNetwork.com is now entering its second year of operation. We have established a database of over 3000 fake and suspect coins. This system has proven to...
Dear fellow collectors, After having discovered a few fake coins in my collection, I started to browse the internet for more information. I came across this...
Remember those cast fakes of Parion drachms that Reid and I discovered in 2003? Another is for sale on eBay. Here is a picture of the current coin, with the...
hi all, i sold-off the majority of my BM over a year ago,buthave now decided to sell the remaining, high quality items i have left. i originally decided to...
I am really surprised that we have all been so quiet.Is it that we dont have enough contraversy or is it that all the coins on e bay are allof a sudden real?...
Looks like it may be a Limes to me Joe. The color is about right, the little half moon cut on one edge is a frequent characteristic. Don't think I've ever seen...
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