Older CoinAge article https://www.coinreplicas.com/about/...inage-magazine-fake-coin-factory-in-the-bronx
Some people actively collect the original Becker fakes and they sell for hundreds of dollars. These Beckers were often the basis for fake aftercasts too.
I did not know they were still in business. Becker was a master die cutter of the 1800's. Rosa was a lesser copyist of the 20th century who produced fake Beckers. I have no idea who is using the name today or if anything from that article is current or even from the last fifty years. I have the Akragas dekadrachm exactly as shown on the Becker page at $22. I'm away from home now so all I have to show is this image from one of my photo pages. It has copy in the reverse field and Becker on the edge but even with those erased the coin should not fool anyone in the market for a real dekadrachm. People who would be fooled by this copy really need to be buying from a trustworthy dealer. A reasonably decent Akragas dekadrachm would be in the higher six figures and almost never come up for sale. I bought mine on eBay for a lot less than the new Becker price.
https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=229190 This records the sale of an earlier example of the Akragas Becker for only $1600 + fees. Seriously!
This early example of an Akragas stevex recently sold for slightly less than the sum stated above ...
