Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3219710, member: 19463&quot;]Thanks to Insider for a post that needed to be posted.&nbsp; I had decided to give up and not bother because we have said what he said so many times on CT that it is obvious that there are many people who will just believe what they want to believe and there is nothing we can do about it.&nbsp; Just because it is in a book does not make it true.&nbsp; Just because it is online does not make it false.&nbsp; Just because an expert has &#039;Dr.&#039; in front of his name (that includes dentists) does not make opinions into facts.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My experience with fourrees is more extensive than most.&nbsp; I have about a hundred currently.&nbsp; I have never seen one that I believed was a modern fake of an ancient coin. Fourrees are hard to make but save precious metal.&nbsp; They were good for fooling the Roman on the street but if you were making fake ancient rarities, it would be better to make solid fakes for the money and effort expended.&nbsp; Casts are another matter.&nbsp; They exist in ancient and modern, deceptive and ridiculous or any of a number of combinations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt this thread was originated with good intent.&nbsp; Check the original poster&#039;s other posts.&nbsp; Posts by Ed and OJ suggest they saw this as well.&nbsp; Still the question is valid.&nbsp; The answer is a simple yes if you mean fakes that will fool those who want to be fooled and less so if you mean fakes that are actually dangerous to the hobby and those who are not begging to be fooled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in