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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3912297, member: 73489&quot;]Jeez, it&#039;s tough enough detecting counterfeits among modern coins where you have formal minting procedures and standards and the coins should look &quot;pretty good&quot; overall (EF or better)...<i>.<span style="color: #ff0000"><b>how the hell can you detect fakes with coins which have taken a beating over the centuries (millenia! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and are very worn ?</b></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Do they carbon-date these things ? </i> As a type collector, I might pick up 1 or 2, and I doubt I will spend years getting up to speed on being able to detect basic fakes in this area, given my slow learning curve with American moderns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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