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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 4994520, member: 84179&quot;]Whether it&#039;s ancient, medieval, US, or World coins, the best way to learn how to visually spot potential fakes is view and study lots of coins. As you look at coins, you will begin to spot things that don&#039;t look right.&nbsp; The style, fabric of the coin, lettering, etc.&nbsp; Sometimes it&#039;s hard to communicate exactly what&#039;s bad, but you know &quot;something looks funny&quot;.&nbsp; If you have access to data like weight, size, composition, that can help to confirm.</p><p><br /></p><p>There also a few sites that show known counterfeits of ancients.&nbsp; Once again, you need to study the die characteristics and then see if it matches the coin you&#039;re questioning. </p><p><br /></p><p><u>This is not something you&#039;re going to learn overnight</u>.&nbsp; It takes time, dedication, and patience. The members here in the ancient section have a great deal of experience and knowledge.&nbsp; That&#039;s why they recommended going through respected dealers until you have experience.&nbsp; One of the reasons I follow the ancient forum here, is that it gives me the opportunity to look at lots of different coins and read the expert opinions.&nbsp; It really helps me a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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