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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1978043, member: 44357&quot;]I&#039;m afraid your understanding of ancient and modern minting processes and forgeries is causing you to draw incorrect conclusions. I&#039;d also suggest that you not over interpret or cherrypick Doug&#039;s post to assume that there are a high quantity of difficult to detect fake ancient coins on the market. Quite contrarily, I&#039;d wager that there are more fake modern coins which are much harder to distinguish from genuine examples (especially some of the recent ones coming out of China, complete with fake PCGS slabs).</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, coins of all eras are faked but there are many ways to guard ones self from them and any major auction house/seller would lose credibility quickly if it let an inordinate number of counterfeit coins slip by. Collectors and sales are highly connected these days thanks to the internet and knowledge spreads quickly; knowledge about selling bad goods spreads even faster.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are few things in this world that can be said with certainty (the sun may not come up tomorrow, we could all be living in a hologram, and 1+1 could equal 3) but I am utterly confident in the authenticity of every one of my ancient coins (in all metals), as are the dealers from which I&#039;ve purchased them and the other dealers/services I&#039;ve used to provide secondary authentication for each of the pieces I&#039;ve acquired.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to if we&#039;re living as projections from a 2D hologram or not, I&#039;m much less certain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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