"Hyundai's logically can't exist, because it'd be illogical for the manufacturer to not be building Ferrari's! "
This is the point! It quite logical from the economical point of view: what production is more profitable.
the reason is the same that "normal" forgers
work hard on Athenand and Ellinistc 4drachms,
Pescennius Niger,
Claudius Albinus, etc. I know dealers which stopped trades with gold because of so many dengerous
forgeries.
The ancient engravers
had a dynamical stereotype, like a signuture, so the did not care whether the
outcomes will be examined for an authenticity. For a modern forger this is the main question. Each time he
must produce a number of dies to be rejected to select a suitable one for the practical purpose. Other people in this
discussion also have doubts that there is a number for a single use or a several strucks with partial
modification. However, die links will be a witness of a
hoard finding.
I remember, that several months ago Joe was extremely irritated by a discussion about the modern
technology that allows to produce high
quality fakes, e.g., using CAD. I must say that
his arguments were
quite persuadive. Now he defends the opposite point of view. If a
new collector will read this
thread,
he may get that there are
plenty of
forgeries even at the low end.
Personally, I prefer to be on a former Joe's position, saying, NO.
In several posts
senior members of the board presented their experience with not negligeable sample of Monneron's coins confirming the authenticity.
This is bad: no consensus with an expert who confirmed
his skill at the authenticity test.
I would say that it would be better to remove the whole
thread and start the discussion afresh with new evidences.