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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 5199964, member: 18157&quot;]In numismatic circles, the common advice is...&quot;Buy the book before the coin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was growing up, my Father had a similar saying that I always think of when trading securities. He said...&quot;Never buy anything you don&#039;t understand&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>With all the excellent counterfeits of American coins (and slabs), it seems reasonable for the Chinese to make some effort to counterfeit ancient coins, as well. I would expect these counterfeits to be far more difficult to detect...given the inconsistency of the strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are counterfeit Ancient coins an issue? When I look at Ancient coins, I have no way to tell if I&#039;m looking at an actual historical artifact...or just another Chinese knockoff.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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