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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 70127, member: 57463&quot;]<b>In Numismatics, Knowledge is King</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins are <u>not </u> simple and crude.&nbsp; </p><p>Go to <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com" rel="nofollow">www.coinarchives.com</a> or <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com" rel="nofollow">www.wildwinds.com</a> and look around.</p><p><br /></p><p>By analogy, go to a furniture store, and look at the &quot;Early American&quot; furniture, then look at the furniture in a museum such as Greenfield Village or Historic Jamestown.&nbsp; You cannot just knock out a replica.&nbsp; Your work will be &quot;simple and crude&quot; by comparison.&nbsp; Modern replicas are made by modern people with modern social contexts and therefore with modern &quot;minds.&quot;&nbsp; Their work simply does not look ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you look at an ancient Roman or Greek coin with a magnifying glass, you appreciate the skill of the workman in achieving these masterpieces.&nbsp; Roman coins are character studies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The answer is to see enough of them.&nbsp; Beyond that, it takes some practice, a little or a lot.&nbsp; Fakes just do not look real.&nbsp; Some are well-done.&nbsp; Modern machine tool technology can reproduce believable copies.&nbsp; If you start with reputable dealers, for instance, the advertisers in <i>The Celator</i>, or the merchants in VCOINS (<a href="http://www.vcoins.com)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com)" rel="nofollow">www.vcoins.com)</a>, you can rely on their judgment to build your own.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several good books, including the series on ancients by Wayne Sayles, and the Klawans/Bressett book on ancients.&nbsp; Kraay and Jenkins both edited large &quot;picture books&quot; of ancient coins.&nbsp; The Celator is the magazine for collectors of ancients.&nbsp; (<a href="http://www.celator.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.celator.com" rel="nofollow">www.celator.com</a> is the website and my review can be found at <a href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coin-newbies.com/articles/celator.html</a>)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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