Fake ancients all include the same counterstamp - punch mark

That’s right. All these ancient things basically have the same punch mark. The mark says “copy” or “copie”.

A few weeks back I invested $6.50 for 26 different fake ancient coins. The Judaean coins including a couple Marcus Ambibulous prutat are mint-state monstrosities which would not fool anyone. However, quite a few of the others could be deceiving to an unsuspecting buyer. These photos depict about ½ the lot.




The seller only made $0.25 per coin and he probably invested an hour punching them with copy stamps. It’s not like anyone made money on this lot. This photo depicts the copy stamp placed on the edge of one of the pieces. The dealer said that some of the coins shattered when he tried to mark them.


If you have a fake (or a pile of fakes), please post a photo.

BTW, I haven’t really decided what to do with all the fakes. I’ll probably keep them on display in my coin room.

 

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heres a few I found in pick bins

 

My Dekadrachm:

 

Westaire Reproductions Limited (WRL) makes copies for sale as copies at gift shops. People buy them and sell them as real.

I have a few on a page:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fake.html

 

bought this at a yard sale over summer for 50 cents.....


and heres a shekel i got at a yard sale for 25 cents....

 

Here is a fake owl that was given to me by a fellow CoinTalker.

 

I've grabbed a few out of junk bins