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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3302077, member: 99456"]Style, fabric, weight, metal as you've mentioned, which only work when you know the coin well and have seen a lot of them. Pictures alone are not enough. Looking for known fakes is a useful tool: <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">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/search.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When I want to be sure, I get a trusted expert opinion (in hand - not just from photos on CT).</p><p><br /></p><p>I like also asking the reverse question: "how do you know it is real"? Die matches to a known authentic coin is an also interesting concept as databases get bigger and image search technology gets better, but not a quick answer to "fake or not", I recently stumbled on this match to a CNG coin in wildwinds - with thanks to [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] for image comparison & animation tips.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]875055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin below is a 4.6g, 20.6mm fake. A Fake Reports database search for "GORDIAN and AEQUITAS" does quickly turn up a match to my fake below:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]875056[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While I don't recommend cutting into your coins to determine authenticity, it can be interesting to cut into a fake to see what it is made of - in this case "soft unidentified yellow metal with silver plate/wash" - my guess is brass. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]875062[/ATTACH]</p><p>The first coin in the your OP looks pretty close to both of these in the fake database:</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=7" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=7</a></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3302077, member: 99456"]Style, fabric, weight, metal as you've mentioned, which only work when you know the coin well and have seen a lot of them. Pictures alone are not enough. Looking for known fakes is a useful tool: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/search.php[/url] When I want to be sure, I get a trusted expert opinion (in hand - not just from photos on CT). I like also asking the reverse question: "how do you know it is real"? Die matches to a known authentic coin is an also interesting concept as databases get bigger and image search technology gets better, but not a quick answer to "fake or not", I recently stumbled on this match to a CNG coin in wildwinds - with thanks to [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] for image comparison & animation tips. [ATTACH=full]875055[/ATTACH] The coin below is a 4.6g, 20.6mm fake. A Fake Reports database search for "GORDIAN and AEQUITAS" does quickly turn up a match to my fake below: [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3[/url] [ATTACH=full]875056[/ATTACH] While I don't recommend cutting into your coins to determine authenticity, it can be interesting to cut into a fake to see what it is made of - in this case "soft unidentified yellow metal with silver plate/wash" - my guess is brass. [ATTACH=full]875062[/ATTACH] The first coin in the your OP looks pretty close to both of these in the fake database: [LIST] [*][url]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=3[/url] [*][url]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=7[/url] [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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