Well, Happy new year again to all of you. I've been meaning to post about this solidus for a few days now:- http://tinyurl.com/2jjyh3 I looked for other...
This is another item from Saxby's that I'm personally unhappy with. A Claudius denarius:- http://tinyurl.com/2j698h Aside from the coin itself, the reddish...
Roland, et al, Personally, I am very uncomfortable with Saxby. I see too many wildly off the mark attributions i.e. a Thourion trihemiobol listed as an...
Bogus as they come. This one isn't deceptive. An apparent tourist fake. Brian Holland rolgm <rolgm1@...> wrote: Well, Happy new year again to all of...
Must change his nick by "bestfakes4u" ! http://cgi.ebay.fr/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280186907829 http://cgi.ebay.fr/DIVUS-PERTINAX-AR-DENARIUS-193- ...
Dear aobadaigaku/List Good morning and happy new year. Well, I see some things that I could not correlate to die rust/die corrosion. To my eyes, the defecst...
Lluis, et al, What I see is more like a spalling on the die from the edge. these are often seen in early US coins and I expect that the same happened with the...
Hi all I am thinkging of buying this coin but I e-maild the seller for more info mm grm dates anthing, he said it was 22mm, 4.3gm but know dates, or anything...
Hi, John/List Good afternoon. Certainly could be spalling. But again, if spalling in the die, then you should have more rised metal in the coin. I see the...
That is a gold zecchino of the Venetian doge Pietro Grimani (1741-1752). Thats what the PET GRIMANI – S M VENET S stands for. A real one is about 3.5 gms and...
Hello Group, I know its off topic but if anyone has any info on this pls inform me: I saw on a local newspaper a small mention of a newly discovered ancient...
... too ... of ... seller for ... know ... Thank you so much, I am not going to bid also for the info. I'm new at this and am just starting my coliction...
hello, i'm new. i've always been interested in coin collecting, but i'm not especially knowledgeable about it, so i figured this would be a good place to gain...
Marcus, There is no rule as to what is more likely to be counterfeited. Some of the most frequent forgeries that are encountered among ancient coins are some...
Hi ET I remember reading a snippet about this in the TImes here in the UK some time back. They generally kept everything under wraps due to the nature of the...
Hello group, I wonder what do you think about this ........ http://www.allegro.pl/item292322806__stara_grecja_2_.html Regards, Kwinto [Non-text portions of...
... thank you for your excellent reply. true about the chinese and fake modern coins. i almost got fished in by a really nice-looking trade dollar from china...
Heavily tooled and artificially patinated ! Cheers, Pierre -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 246 spam emails to...
I think same as Pierre... With best wishes Lluís ... From: Pierre R. Monney To: CoinForgeryDiscussionList@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:37...
Marcus, There may be more fake gold coins being sold than we realize. The Chinese have become very adept at copying gold coins and they certainly have enough...
Any though about this coin? First time it has bid,then bid has been retracted. In the description ,seller,wrote he received a warning message that the coin...
... good suggestion, about the trunk. although, being the paranoid type, i'd probably not want to park my car anywhere else than my garage if i had my coins in...
This "aureus" is indeed a copy of a well-known Slavey replica. Since all Slavey replicas were hand-engraved by Slavey (or perhaps someone in his shop), any...
Hi Tinia/Merrill/CFDL: I, Gibfrog, emailed the seller that this is a known Slavey. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360011289347 he posted...
John: EXCELLENT ADVICE! About buying, cateloging, fakery & storing. I keep my valuable coins in a bank vault, but sometimes I take some home for a visit. ...
Marcus, Alan Van Arsdale has explained how the Chinese are now capable of creating counterfeit bullion coins by incorporating a tungsten core to achieve the...
