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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3046429, member: 19463&quot;]Again, I know nothing about Chinese but my #1 way of authenticating Greek and Roman coins is that same &quot;gut feeling&quot;.&nbsp; It is really hard to explain to new folks and many of them thing we are being difficult when we have trouble putting into words just why we know their fakes are fakes.&nbsp; It reminds me of the old saying, &quot;If it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck....&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dealers and authentication pros can spot fakes based on their more experienced &#039;guts&#039; trained by experience with 10,000 (by Chinese count) coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to most Western collectors I find more attraction to &#039;ugly&#039; coins.&nbsp; I have a web page on Wabi-Sabi ancients:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/wabisabi.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/wabisabi.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/wabisabi.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If I had included a Chinese coin on that page I might have offered this cash with a patina-lump giraffe on the reverse.&nbsp; Believe me, I could care less that this is only a 4 stroke Zheng and would not trade my giraffe for a 5 stroker. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]761244[/ATTACH]</p><p>Yes, as a matter of fact, I do like to look for animal shapes in clouds.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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