Modern Fakes of Ancient Coins

[divewrecks]

Interesting site....

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/fakes.htm

Stan

[Bigcypresshunter]

Interesting site....

http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/fakes.htm

Stan

Great link and reference Stan. Heres another. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fak...lbum=10&page=1

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php?cat=6

[aquanut]

Thanks Stan,
I learned a lot from this site. Mainly that I can't tell a good fake from the genuine article!
I'm going to check out bigcypresshunter's sites next.
Aquanut

[LM]

As a tyro numismatist, I wanted to get into ancients really, really bad... The advent of ebay and the seemingly unlimited supply of "recently dug" coins piqued my interest in a big way.

In learning what a minefield of fakes and forgeries Ancient coins are, I decided to forgo it. There's only so much time in life for so many passions; to attain the requisite knowledge on ancient coinage- so you aren't constantly getting hosed by Bulgarian forgers- seems to be a lifelong pursuit and I'm already engaged in far too many 'lifelong pursuits'.

But yeah. Intensely cool hobby for those willing to dedicate the time to do it right.