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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2617265, member: 82322&quot;]I have the same 1995 paperback as Doug.&nbsp; There are 40 pages on Becker&#039;s career as a forger written by George Hill, keeper of coins at the British Museum, who had access to Becker&#039;s diaries.&nbsp; There are also photo plates of the fakes and footnotes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid $20 plus $3 shipping and thought I got a bargain.&nbsp; Sorry you guys are getting ripped off at $10 plus $7 shipping.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a good book if you are interested in 19th century numismatics, or engraving, or forgery.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2014/11/carl-wilhelm-becker-among-most-prolific--famous-forgers.all.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2014/11/carl-wilhelm-becker-among-most-prolific--famous-forgers.all.html" rel="nofollow">This article on Becker</a> shows his dekadrachm of Akragas copy.&nbsp; Becker&#039;s fake sold in a CNG auction, as a Becker, for $1840.&nbsp; Hill&#039;s book tells you that he cut that die in July 1825 and that it only took him 18 hours to engrave!</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone likes to read about the numismatists of 200 years ago another decent $10 title is <a href="http://wgs.cc/shop/index.php?route=product/product&amp;path=74_75&amp;product_id=113" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wgs.cc/shop/index.php?route=product/product&amp;path=74_75&amp;product_id=113" rel="nofollow">Valentine DuVal</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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