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Fake Coin ReportsUSE THE FAKE COIN REPORTS SEARCH TOOL to find a specific type. Start with only one or two terms and add more if you get too many results. Using the search will be much faster than clicking through pages of reports. FORVM recommends buying ancient coins only from reputable dealers. ALL COINS PURCHASED FROM FORVM ANCIENT COINS ARE GUARANTEED FOR ETERNITY. If you must purchase from an unknown seller, we recommend looking for the type here first. Please join FORVM's Classical Numismatic Discussion and then report fake, replica, and modern counterfeit ancient coins here. FORVM will screen these reports and correct any errors we detect, however, any discussion board member may submit a report. It is possible that a genuine coin could be listed here in error. Except for known fraudulent regular sellers of fakes, do not include the names of sellers in reports. DO NOT POST COINS HERE TO ASK IF THEY ARE FAKE - USE THE DISCUSSION.
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Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Archaic and Classical


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2996 files, last one added on Oct 16, 2023
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Fake Ancient Greek Coins: Hellenistic Period


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1925 files, last one added on Jan 16, 2024
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Fake Celtic and Barbaric Coins


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358 files, last one added on Aug 24, 2023
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Fake Ancient Judaean Coins


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101 files, last one added on Mar 19, 2023
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Fake Roman Provincial (Greek Imperial) Coins


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320 files, last one added on Oct 05, 2023
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Fake Roman Republic Coins: Before 27 BC


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1452 files, last one added on Sep 12, 2023
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: The 12 Caesars: Augustus - Vitellius: 27 BC - AD 69


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1680 files, last one added on Jan 13, 2024
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: The 12 Caesars: Flavian Dynasty: Vespasian - Domitian: AD 69 - 96


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649 files, last one added on Jan 16, 2024
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Adoptive Emperors: Nerva - Commodus: AD 96 - 192


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2093 files, last one added on Jan 18, 2024
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Year of 5 Emperors: Pertinax - Clodius Albinus: AD 192 - 196


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300 files, last one added on Jan 03, 2024
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Severan Period: Septimius Severus - Severus Alexander: AD 193 - 235


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1129 files, last one added on Jul 27, 2023
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Crisis to Recovery: Maximinus I - Numerian: AD 235 - 284


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1225 files, last one added on Jan 30, 2024
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Tetrarchy: Diocletian - Licinius: AD 285 - 324


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193 files, last one added on Jul 27, 2023
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Fake Roman Imperial Coins: Late Empire: Constantine - Anastasius: AD 307 - 518


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827 files, last one added on Dec 27, 2023
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Fake Byzantine Coins


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369 files, last one added on Aug 28, 2023
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Fake Medieval and Islamic Coins


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128 files, last one added on Jul 27, 2023
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Fake World Coins


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75 files, last one added on May 29, 2020
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Fake U.S. Coins


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56 files, last one added on Jan 28, 2016
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Fantasy Coins


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Fantasy coins are modern creations made to look like ancient coins, but do not copy a type that actually exists.

212 files, last one added on Dec 08, 2022
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Other Fake Coins


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58 files, last one added on Nov 02, 2023
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Stolen or Lost Coin Reports


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Report coins that have been lost or stolen here (not fakes). You must include your username in the description and explain the loss or theft. If you see a coin reported as lost or stolen, please inform the owner.

138 files, last one added on Feb 02, 2024
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Fake Coin Study Images - Learn to Identify Fake CoinsExamine these images and read the descriptions to learn how to identify modern forgeries of ancient coins. Discussion board members please add images of study value and describe the characteristics that indicate the coin is a fake.
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Evidence of Casting


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Pitting, filled cracks, field dips, edge seams, filing, soft features, lack of detail, casting sprues, ghost images...

92 files, last one added on Jun 30, 2023
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Evidence of Pressing


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Machine pressed vs. hand struck.

16 files, last one added on Jul 02, 2015
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Evidence of Modern Tool Use to Cut Dies


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Machine made dies...

20 files, last one added on Jun 02, 2010
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Style Deviations


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Deviations from subtle to strange, forgers rarely get style right...

8 files, last one added on Nov 17, 2011
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Epigraphy Deviations


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Forgeries often have the wrong style of letters in the inscriptions.

3 files, last one added on Oct 22, 2017
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Fabric Deviations


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Wrong metal, wrong size, no edge cracks for a type that always has them, strange shape for the type...

12 files, last one added on Aug 17, 2010
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Artificial Patina, Toning and "Make-up"


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Not every coin with an artificial patina is a forgery, but it is an indicator. In any case an artificial patina is a fake patina.

43 files, last one added on Sep 15, 2022
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Work of Known Forgers


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Slavey, Lipanoff, Becker, Christodoulos, the Black Sea hoard, the Toronto Group, etc. STUDY IMAGES - only list here if you explain how to use the image to learn the work of the forger. Otherwise list under the type as a regular fake coin report.

1330 files, last one added on Nov 26, 2021
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Replica Marks


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All replicas should be marked as replicas. Many are not, but some are. Here are some examples.

331 files, last one added on Oct 13, 2018
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Bulk Lots of Mixed Types


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Groups of fakes or replicas of different types sold together may offer clues to identifying fakes from the same workshop.

104 files, last one added on Sep 18, 2015
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Tooling


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A tooled coin is not a forgery, but it is a fake. Tooling is also used to cover up cast fakes.

88 files, last one added on Aug 22, 2022
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Fake Coin Edges


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The edges of fakes often provide the clues to condemn them. Some of the examples here are very different from genuine coins; others are very close to the original type.

45 files, last one added on Nov 18, 2020
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Modern Fake Dies


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504 files, last one added on Nov 26, 2021
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Other Indications of Forgery


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21 files, last one added on Apr 05, 2019
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Fake Antiquity and Medieval Artifact ReportsReports of small fake "antiquities" and medieval artifacts.
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Fake Antiquities


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267 files, last one added on Oct 21, 2023
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Fake Medieval Artifacts


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25 files, last one added on May 29, 2021
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19,193 files in 37 albums and 3 categories with 701 comments viewed 2,601,793 times

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I have 9 coins lost in the DPD package sent by mail8 views1.ARABIA, Himyarites. Circa 1st Century BC - 1st Century AD AR Very good appearance
2.BABYLONIA, Babylon. 328-311 BC Ba’al seated holding sceptre / Lion walking .Rare
3.SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Antiochos IX Philopator (Kyzikenos). 114-95 BC. AR Drachm Rare
4.SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan, 98-117. Tridrachm Athena seated left on chair. very rare
5.IONIA, Erythrai AR Drachm Circa 325-315 BC Rev: EPY / EYΘYNO very rare Start Price:100
6.Kings of Mauretania, Juba II 25 BC - AD 24 Caesarea Denarius Good Very fine 0
7.SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator, first reign, 146-138 BC Seleukeia on the Tigris
8.SELEUKID KINGS OF SYRIA. Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 222-187 BC High relief
9.Rhodos, Rhodes AR Didrachm. Circa 305-275 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right

If any of them are traded, please contact me! Thank you!

Zheng JFeb 02, 2024
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1 viewsBanyai TJan 30, 2024
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hadrianus aegyptos1 views17-18 mm diameter

Reverse matches one on forgerynetwork,
https://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=2DSWElQQVC0=.

Seller ID: elmerjosef


Observe is different though
Nicholas S2Jan 18, 2024
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Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt AE26 Tourist Replica2 viewsPtolemaic Kingdom of Egypt AE26 Tourist Replica
5.949g, 25.8mm, die axis 12:00
head of Isis right
ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, wings closed, cornucopia across shoulder, uncertain symbol left

Consigned to FORVM but marked replica. FORVM does not sell replicas. The style is clearly wrong. An obvious replica to a dealer or experienced collector of Vespasian coinage.
Joe SermariniJan 16, 2024
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Vespasian As Replica, ROMA Reverse1 viewsVespasian As Replica, ROMA Reverse
6.003g, 28.1mm, 6:00 die Axis
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head right
ROMA, Roma, helmeted, standing left, spear in left hand, Victory in extended right hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across center

Consigned to FORVM but marked replica. FORVM does not sell replicas. The style is clearly wrong. An obvious replica to a dealer or experienced collector of Vespasian coinage.
Joe SermariniJan 16, 2024
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Nero with Agrippina the Younger - RIC 211 views1. Similar coin sold from eBay Fakeseller demetrios7107
2. Similar coin at „Münz Zentrum Rheinlad“ as whitedraw: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4981965


Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, with Iulia Agrippina (the Younger); Reign: Nero; Mint: Rome; Date: c. October - December 54 AD; Nominal: Denarius; Material: Silver; Diameter: 18.4mm; Weight: 3.51g; Reference: BMC 3; Reference: Cohen 7; Reference: RIC I (second edition) Nero 2; Obverse: Bust of Nero, bare-headed, right, bust of Agrippina the Younger, draped, hair in long plait, left, facing one another; Inscription: AGRIPP AVG DIVI CL AVD NERONIS CAES MATER; Translation: Agrippina Augusta, Divi Claudii Neronis Caesares Mater; Translation: Augusta Agrippina, mother of the divine Caesar, Claudius Nero; Reverse: Legend surrounding oak-wreath enclosing EX S C; Inscription: NERONI CLAVD DIVI F CAES AVG GERM IMP TR P; Translation: Nero Claudius Divi Filius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator Tribunicia Potestas; Translation: Nero Claudius, son of the divine, Caesar, Augustus, victor over the Germans, Imperator, tribunician power.
Prieure de SionJan 13, 2024
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Pertinax, Denarius, RIC 1a4 viewsObv: IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, Laureate head right
Rev: AEQVIT AVG TR P COS II, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae
Ref: RIC 1a, RSC 2, BMC 15

Modern dies

Passed into trade as an ancient fouree but the match to the modern dies confirmed it to be modern
maridvnvmJan 03, 2024
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Aelia Eudocia (423-460) - WIFE OF THEODOSIUS II 402-45011 views"Dimitrovgrad studio"
AV Gold Tremissis
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Positive image of steel dies
Obv.: AEL EVDO CIA AVG; Pearl-diademed and draped bust right
Rev.: CONOB; Cross within wreath
Weight: 1.38g; Diameter: 16mm
Fake of RIC X Theodosius II (East) 253
1 commentsPrieure de SionDec 27, 2023

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