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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2527446, member: 24314&quot;]Actually, ALL AUTHENTICATION IS A MATTER OF OPINION.&nbsp; Fortunately, over time, with study, comparison coins locked away in old collections, and a stereo microscope...some opinions are better than others.&nbsp; Those folks build a reputation for themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">Unfortunately</span>, through much of history, ancients have been examined mostly using the naked eye or a low power hand lens.&nbsp; Thus, many state-of-the art forgeries have passed into the market.&nbsp; <span style="color: #006600">Fortunately</span>, counterfeits are all done in the same ways (improving over time).&nbsp; Thus, they usually exhibit the same &quot;tell-tale&quot; defects as seen under a stereo microscope. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&nbsp; Sorry, the coin in Post#5 is not close either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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