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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 767407, member: 20205&quot;]I would be reluctant to collect Chinese coins because not only is China the largest source of fakes in the world, but it is also my understanding that there are harsh laws against the exportation of genuine Chinese coins, but scarcely any laws against exporting fakes, which directly encourages forging whilst actively proscribing dealing in genuine specimens.</p><p>&nbsp;As ancients are more difficult to authenticate than modern issues at the best of times, you would have to be a genuine bona-fide expert and not merely a reasonably informed amateur to distinguish a genuine coin from a fake. This state of affairs isn&#039;t helped by the fact that many genuine ancient chinese coins were cast, rather than struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, Ancient Chinese coins, whilst potentially interesting in their own way, are just too dodgy to have confidence in collecting, IMHO...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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