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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1977953, member: 19463&quot;]I am not sure there is an answer for someone who believes that ancient coins were carved from lumps of metal but there is definitely more to learn than 25 years would cover.&nbsp; If one were to try to develop a skill in a specific style, perhaps, but covering coins from a thousand places over a thousand years will take a while.&nbsp; Are there fake ancients made by modern masters?&nbsp; You bet there are.&nbsp; Do we own coins that are so well made that we can not prove they are fake?&nbsp; Probably.&nbsp; Are there coins that &#039;experts&#039; disagree on whether they are fake or real?&nbsp; Certainly.&nbsp; In 25 years one can not learn to be infallible in telling all fakes from real.&nbsp; Certainly there are those who may be 99% likely to be right but there is always room for a slip up you find out about and an unknown number of errors that you have not yet discovered.&nbsp;&nbsp; I suspect I have an unrealized fake in my collection.&nbsp; I do not know which one it is.&nbsp; I wonder if it is one that I should have suspected had I been more &#039;expert&#039; or a real sleeper.&nbsp; I wonder if it is one I bought from a seller who knew more than I do.&nbsp; I will never know these answers.&nbsp; That is the nature of the hobby - like it or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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