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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2891248, member: 78244&quot;]As a collector of Chinese coins, I have to always be on my guard about fakes. I have only been duped a three or so times, but the financial loss was minimal. One of which took me a couple years to find out because the metal was too metallic to be ancient. I may have more, but it is so mard to tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]694911[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I pick up fakes of rare types to fill in the gaps in my collection without breaking the bank. Some of these are excellent fakes that have fooled experts (Bob Reis for one) or could fool most collectors. I have not stamped them in order to keep them deceptive as learning tools (as bad as it sounds). It is more helpful to a student to not have the answer when authenticating the coin as that will bias the judgement. Some of these are just supposedly fake with a high probability of being such.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]694914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694919[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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