Hello, http://tinyurl.com/iov3 I've only been collecting for a few years, but I say if this is real, I'll eat my keyboard! Do you think I ought to get out the...
I wrote a reply, but I think that Joe was the only one that received it since i sent it to owner and not to group by accident. I'll try and write it over...
I'll rstate my response: I sent him a e mail asking romanseller if he was willing to send the coin to David Sear for authentification before I sent him payment...
It says in the FAQ "The 'R' is stamped on the coin or artifact" but it also says "it is quite small." Jim DeLawter [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello to all members.. Does anyone of you own or know about quality forgeries of scarce coins of Gordian III, like Aurei, or nice provincial coins? I am...
Some years ago there were some mediocre forgeries of common antoninianii (I have some examples in my fakes collection). These created some artificial rarities...
Didn't we just talk about this coin?(item #3039592576) http://tinyurl.com/jj9l In fact, didn't seller Silbannacus just sell this coin on Friday (item ...
Dear Sebastian: Try to get a copy of the January 1993 Celator. The cover article is about "Modern" copies of Gordian III Antoniniani. Very useful, as are the...
I have just had 5 fake 1852, 2 and a half guilders offered to me. They are fresh out of Timor. All a little soft and underweight at 19.18 gms. All contained...
Two recently acquired Istros drachms appear to have anomalous casting seams. Both are of the less common style with vertically conjoined heads (SNG BMC Black...
Having looked at your images, I am in 100% agreement with you. The first two coins are modern cast forgeries, and the 3rd one is probably genuine struck on a...
There is an article on the FastCompany website about eBay fraud. The article isn't related to coin forgery, but some ACFDLers will find it interesting. ...
I recently was the winning bidder on ebay (3038054068) of a Flavius Victor ae which has a very significant sprue. On another forgery list (CFDL) its...
Hermes is pretty reputable. I don't see why this coin would or should be questioned, it looks like another one of those $1 uncleaned coins that are offered so...
What you are looking at is not a casting sprew. It is a different feature that one sees fairly often on ancient coins. Because the feature is going to be the...
I thought this coin looks 'crystallized', but the dealer didn't think it was: http://www.snible.org/coins/apontika/s1657b.jpg (600 dpi scan is the best I can...
Notes on some odd replicas being offered on eBay by johnmenc: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3044300569&category=4738 No Athens new-style...
He also has several other reproductions and they are all nice but still overpriced for what you get! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
... Seems to me this seller is trying to get five to ten times what replicas like these typically sell for by saying they might be from Becker dies. -- Coin...
I have a small Greek silver coin which appears to have some kind of 'silver pox': tiny silver-grey bumps all over the reverse. The bumps are hard and I...
It is very difficult to make a determination from your image, but my best guess is that the coin was struck from a deteroriated die that had developed some...
Here is the entire coin: http://www.snible.org/coins/surfaces/s1673.jpg Trying to photograph the spots has proven the inadequacy of my scanning setup. I'm...
... ************* Could there be confusion (on part of either buyers or sellers) because Rosa operated, at various times, under the names "Becker Manufacturing...
... When I first saw only the reverse of the coin, I assumed the coin was genuine, but struck from a deteriorated die that had pitting and resulted in small...
... Bravo. Well done, and an interesting read. Wayne Sayles illustrates another variety of this Mesembria diobol Black Sea Hoard forgery on page 62 and 64 of...
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