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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Colonialjohn, post: 2645606, member: 57741&quot;]Its getting difficult as we are constantly flooded with Modern forgeries from China. Realize that contemporary circulating counterfeits or counterfeits that were issued with the real (regal) pieces in the same time period generally take on a good premium in some cases. Consider the Gurney GNL Eight Reales (Amazon Book) or the Davignon Bust Half U.S. Dollars still being researched by Larry Schmidt that are generally made of German Silver and go for 2-3X a real one in the SAME circulated condition as a regal. See the Larson book on counterfeits. Normally in your specialty someone has written an article. In the summer I am coming out with a book but its mainly geared for contemporary circulating counterfeit collectors and will probably be too advanced for 90% of the collectors in this channel and has no ancient information which takes years and volumes. I do put in a chapter of Chinese Modern Forgery detection methods. Titled: &quot;Forgotten Coins of the American Colonies - 25th Anniversary&quot;. It will cover Canadian Blacksmiths, Foreign Counterfeits 1500-1850, Spanish American Counterfeits, English Copper Counterfeits 18-19th C, Chinese Modern Forgeries and a review of the Mike Ringo Collection of English/Irish counterfeits sold by Stacks in 2008. Over 1000 coins will have full XRF assays in the book. If all this is confusing just buy slabs and from reputable dealers in your specialty. You will always be paying top dollar but that is this price you pay if you are just a casual accumulator which is ~95% of the people in this hobby. IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>John Lorenzo</p><p>Numismatist</p><p>United States[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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