In forumancientcoins.com there is a fake-report-section where one can check if one has similar coins with the same shape or “design”. Do we have other homepage than forumancientcoins.com in term of fake-report-section? Which homepage do have the largest database?
I don't understand what you are asking. Do you want to know if Coin Talk has a forum to report fakes similar to forumancientcoins.com? Chris
hi, you can look here. http://forgerynetwork.com/ also you FORVM, you can ad a fake coin or question. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?board=9.0 1 coin per tread and weight and size.
If you are wanting to directly check against Forum's "Dr. Ilya Prokopov's Fake Ancient Coin Reports": http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/index.php
Thank you very much. I was in forvm to check their Byzantine section but I was thinking that maybe their database is not fully completely. Perhaps other pages have fake report on byzantine coins that forvm doesn’t have. I will guess that around 30% of my bronze coins are from MA-shops, 70% from that Gitbud guy on ebay. All my few golds and milliaresions are from gitbud/pecunem as well. - So the chance of me receiving counterfeits is very minimal, but I still want to cross check it. Thanks.
It's a good idea to check no matter who you buy from. Fakes have been known to find their way into some of the most prestigious venues. In general, however, you are much better off buying from well known and established dealers and auction houses.
http://esty.ancients.info/numis/fakes.html The above has links to the others mentioned and its own added good points like advise to beginners. He has a lint to another page with more details at the bottom which I suggest you also view. People who try to take the short cut to safety in this regard are most likely to be robbed. Read all these pages and remember that even that will not protect you from your own greed or stupidity. The best advice is still that something that appears too good to be true almost always is exactly that.
Hello. If one has time and energy to clear out something to me: I do have a solidus of Heraclius. – However the shape of my Heraclius has somehow the same shape of this counterfeit: http://forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=vv6kI4AqmLY= I have realized that the letters on my coin is fewer and that the lower clothe of Heraclius are vanished on the edge on my coin. But the shape of the two coins are the same, they look like they have been stretched from clock 2 and 7. Perhaps someone has seeing forgerynetwork, and then removed the letters and some of the clothe of Heraclius, in order to sell it. What do you say? Is my Heraclius okay?
And one more thing regarding two milliaresions of Leo III, sear 1512. – I did not find anything on these sites, but there are two things that makes me wonder when I compare these two coins: When looking at my miliaresions, the horizontal line of the cross is longer on the right coin than on the left coin. Also when I lift them on the other side, the reverse sides don’t follow the same patterns as the coin on the right is reversed in term of letters. I hope my terrible English don’t confuse you. Should I be worry?
