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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 964877, member: 19463&quot;]Paduans are just another gray area in the hobby.&nbsp; Theye were not meant to be coins since they were made a thousand years after the issuing authority ceased to exist but they were not forgeries by the standards of the day any more than we today forge coins by photographing them.&nbsp; They were made to fill a demand for things from olden days and the artists made them as good as they could rather than trying to make them look old.&nbsp; I&#039;m surprised they were not signed.&nbsp; They would be worth more today if they were!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That brings up the question of some modern replicas like the original Slavei&#039;s and the Antiquanova series.&nbsp; The producer did not make them to fool people but many of them have been passed as ancient when they are circa 1990-present manufacture.&nbsp; In neither case was the government involved so it is not applicable for this discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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