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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 3008022, member: 77077&quot;]Here is my limited understanding of a devious forgery technique.</p><p><br /></p><p>A giveaway of the more sophisticated transfer die fakes is that they also reproduce the host coin exactly, including corrosion pits and other wear or damage that should be unique.&nbsp; The worst transfer die coins are restruck using new transfer dies on a worn out old ancient coin, so the metal and fabric of the coin are correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got suckered when I bought a Himera bronze coin that is normally $6000 for $895.&nbsp; I did not research it enough to realize this was a really rare and valuable coin.&nbsp; They eye of the eagle is all wrong and the pitting on the body of the sea creature is reproduced on all examples.&nbsp; The vcoins dealer I bought it from did not know that either and immediately gave my money back.&nbsp; I have seen other copies of this same coin floating around so look out:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A famous transfer die forgery came up when the technology was relatively new.&nbsp; Someone faked some Syracuse dekadrachms and they made it into a major auction.&nbsp; Someone pointed out that the legs of the horses ended while there was still flan left.&nbsp; That is another giveaway of the transfer die, the devices end before the edge of the flan, because the host coin was off center.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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