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<p>[QUOTE="Prestoninanus, post: 843258, member: 20205"]In my experiance, fake gold coins don't neccessarily have to be of lesser gold or an incorrect weight.</p><p> There was a well known case of an Italian chap back in the 60s who made a lot of money forging sovereigns with a gold fineness that was slightly better than the real thing, but he made a lot of money because of the slight numismatic premium that even normal sovereigns carried...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prestoninanus, post: 843258, member: 20205"]In my experiance, fake gold coins don't neccessarily have to be of lesser gold or an incorrect weight. There was a well known case of an Italian chap back in the 60s who made a lot of money forging sovereigns with a gold fineness that was slightly better than the real thing, but he made a lot of money because of the slight numismatic premium that even normal sovereigns carried...[/QUOTE]
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