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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3224174, member: 19463&quot;]I prefer to reserve the nasty word &#039;fake&#039; for modern items made to fool collectors.&nbsp; I refer to ancient items of poor metal including plated coins by &#039;counterfeits&#039;.&nbsp; There is one more item which I term &#039;barbarous replicas&#039; which are just as unofficial as counterfeits but were made from proper metal to serve as money when there was a shortage of the real thing.&nbsp; These are also called &#039;money of necessity&#039;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All coins of Septimius Severus:</p><p>good metal ancient replica of unofficial style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840042[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>good metal ancient replica of barbarous style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840047[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>fourree counterfeit of good style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840044[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Modern struck replica (Slavey) not intended to fool buyers by the maker</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Modern cast fake (tourist grade)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840046[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I consider all but the last collectible.&nbsp; Replicas of the class represented here by the Slavey can be downgraded to the worst type of fakes when people doctor them to make them look old and sell them as genuine ancients.&nbsp; At $5 in a giftshop this is OK; when sold as a $1000 rarity (or beat up to look like a $10 genuine coin) the replica becomes a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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