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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 940763, member: 26302&quot;]Ah fakes, what a wonderful topic. There are a few reasonably priced books out there, (I am thinking Classical Deception and Not Kosher), and a few books on die studies of fakes. Nothing really comprehensive though. The only almost surefire way of avoiding them is to study the coins you are interested in, learn what makes an ancient coin. Nothing beats a good reference book and handling hundreds or thousands of coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While internet boards are wonderful, and posting pictures here of coins will greatly help you out and advance your knowledge, I would add one caveat that is really only for ancients. Please do not take everything you read on the internet as gospel. Another collector may be well meaning, but he may have only have limited knowledge of a certain area. If you post a coin that is different, they may label it a fake when in fact it is just a scarcer issue or something they haven&#039;t seen yet. This has come up frequently in Yahoo groups where coins get condemned quickly sometimes. It really is hard to KNOW a coin is a fake from a photograph. However, if you post something and we can help you diagnose and determine for yourself if it is a fake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I hope this helps. Oh, and avoid sellers in China! Lol. Actually I have a link to a small group of sellers on Ebay that do sell real coins if you are interested in Chinese coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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