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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 438595, member: 112&quot;]Howdy Sherry - Welcome to the Forum !!</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no way that a layman would ever recognize those coins as being fakes. There is also no way that we could tell you how to recognize the fakes. It would like you asking us to tell you how to do brain surgery. It comes with experience, study, research, holding genuine examples in your hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a nutshell, it is the &quot;look&quot; of the coins that gives them away to a knoweldgeable person. I looked at them for all of 2 seconds and knew they were fakes. Yes I could give you a detailed analysis but it would take quite a bit of time and a whole lot of typing. Entire books have been written trying to describe what you are asking for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you want something you can actually use about genuine coins, I&#039;d be glad to help out. I am the author of this article for example - <a href="http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/ducats/ducats.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/ducats/ducats.html" rel="nofollow">The Ducat</a> - I can also provide you with pictures of dozens of examples of ducats from the earliest to the newest.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there is this article - <a href="http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/1546-56_d-or/1546-56_d-or.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/1546-56_d-or/1546-56_d-or.html" rel="nofollow">The Real d&#039;or</a> - and I have other pics of that coin as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is literally a ton of information and pictures that myself and other members of this forum can help you with - all you have to do is ask.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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