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Fake Ancient Coin Reports

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Fake Coin ReportsReports of modern replicas and forgeries of ancient coins submitted by FORVM's Classical Numismatic Discussion Board members. Please join our discussion board and report fake ancient coins here. 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. The search function may be useful for finding a specific ruler, city or type. 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 BOARD.
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Greek Archaic and Classical



795 reports, last one added on May 13, 2008

Hellenistic Monarchies



500 reports, last one added on Apr 29, 2008

Celtic and Barbaric



163 reports, last one added on Apr 30, 2008

Roman Republic



420 reports, last one added on May 14, 2008

Roman Imperial



2586 reports, last one added on May 14, 2008

Roman Provincial (Greek Imperial)



90 reports, last one added on Apr 29, 2008

Byzantine



55 reports, last one added on Apr 02, 2008

Other



54 reports, last one added on Apr 24, 2008

Stolen or Lost Coin Reports



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.

37 reports, last one added on May 14, 2008

 

 
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Study ImagesExamine 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 (Type Originally Struck)



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

28 reports, last one added on Apr 13, 2008

Style Deviations



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

6 reports, last one added on Jun 19, 2007

Evidence of Modern Tool Use to Cut Dies



Machine made dies...

12 reports, last one added on Jul 13, 2007

Fabric Deviations



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

11 reports, last one added on Oct 22, 2007

Identifying the Work of Known Forgers



Slavey, Lipanoff, Becker, Christodoulos, the Black Sea hoard, the Toronto Group...

137 reports, last one added on Apr 16, 2008

Other Indications of Forgery



1 reports, last one added on Jul 11, 2004

Tooling



A tooled coin is not a forgery, but it is a fake.

45 reports, last one added on Apr 23, 2008

Artificial Patinas



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.

23 reports, last one added on Oct 22, 2007

Evidence of Pressing



Machine pressed vs. hand struck.

4 reports, last one added on Oct 12, 2007

 

 
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