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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2726935, member: 56859"]Hi Evan,</p><p><br /></p><p>Studying authentic coins is definitely a good idea. Even better, or in addition to that activity, is checking potential purchases against known fakes. Just in case you don't already have these sites bookmarked, here's where most of us go when checking to see if there is a match to a known fake:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/search.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/search.php" rel="nofollow">Link to Forum Ancient Coins' search box for the Fakes page</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Link to Forgery Network</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you're daring to buy on eBay, it's also good to see if the seller is a known purveyor of fakes. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow">Forum Ancient Coins' "Notorious Fake Sellers List"</a> is one such list.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also various excellent webpages for learning signs of fake coins. I'm at work and busy but will post links later, unless someone else beats me to it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2726935, member: 56859"]Hi Evan, Studying authentic coins is definitely a good idea. Even better, or in addition to that activity, is checking potential purchases against known fakes. Just in case you don't already have these sites bookmarked, here's where most of us go when checking to see if there is a match to a known fake: [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/search.php']Link to Forum Ancient Coins' search box for the Fakes page[/URL] [URL='http://www.forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx']Link to Forgery Network[/URL] If you're daring to buy on eBay, it's also good to see if the seller is a known purveyor of fakes. [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0']Forum Ancient Coins' "Notorious Fake Sellers List"[/URL] is one such list. There are also various excellent webpages for learning signs of fake coins. I'm at work and busy but will post links later, unless someone else beats me to it :)[/QUOTE]
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