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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2522670, member: 19463&quot;]Die duplicates are not all that uncommon if you are studying an issue.&nbsp; There are even coin types that are only known from one die set so every coin of the type you see will be a duplicate.&nbsp; It is certainly much more unusual to find a die pair from a common issue like a late Roman bronze or Athenian tetradrachm.&nbsp; Being a die duplicate means nothing when considering if a coin might be fake but finding a die duplicate that is off center or damaged in exactly the same way certainly is a VERY bad sign.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a page showing a few examples:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/dielink.html</a></p><p>On that page I have a little exercise for those new to the concept.&nbsp; In the image are coins that share obverse, reverse or both dies. Click on image to enlarge. Answers are on the page at the very bottom.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die04.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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