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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 1013710, member: 57463&quot;]Depends on what we mean by &quot;well made fakes.&quot;&nbsp; They were made well, indeed, just like a lawn chair or headphones are &quot;well made&quot; when the industrial process is adhered to.&nbsp; But that is the point:&nbsp; these are modern industrial products, not ancient.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In that sense, <b>they are not &quot;well made.&quot;</b>&nbsp; They did not fool anyone here who knows ancients.&nbsp; You own a few, and you know.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Look:&nbsp; I worked with a woman whose parents passed away -- it happens when you get old -- and they inherited a Chrysler minivan.&nbsp; But her husband worked for Ford.&nbsp; When he drove it in, he got razzed.&nbsp; So, he got an old Ford nameplate and put it on the van.&nbsp; They got the humor and left him alone -- but no one who knows cars would be fooled.&nbsp; These coins with Romans on them are like that: a nameplate stuck on something it is not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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