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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8046480, member: 24314&quot;]The advance of technology has allowed counterfeiters to produce coins that are suitable to be included into any collection and you ain&#039;t seen nothing yet!&nbsp; A very experienced authenticator does not have a chance of catching the best fakes at the moment UNLESS the fake has been already identified AND THE AUTHENTICATOR KNOWS ABOUT the new discoveries.&nbsp; Unfortunately, there is much less sharing of info between services as there was at one time. </p><p><br /></p><p>The methods outlined by Jack above take time and research.&nbsp; I believe the major services are &quot;fingerprinting&quot; coins with images so new submissions can be compared to older ones that include known C/F&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>The biggest problem I see is that most long time professional authenticators have spent less than three hours in their entire career examining coins at magnifications higher than 10X.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In my experience, the days of authenticating coins with a hand lens alone should have ended thirty years ago for ALL OF THEM!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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