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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3707040, member: 96864&quot;]Ya gotta watch out for fake modern dies being pressed into genuine patinated ancient worn-smooth coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a presumed pressed fake Lipara example on ancient worn-smooth coin, ignoring the style some telltale signs are the very smooth flattened surfaces of the patina relative to the more natural and irregular patina on the unstruck/unpressed areas, and areas where the patina has flaked or broken off from the more &quot;high stress&quot; parts of the design, like some of the beading on the obverse where it actually seems to have left depressions where they broke off which would be unusual for a genuine coin. Often legends and high-relief design elements stress the patina too much and it comes off, which can be quite dramatic on some of the more obvious examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same sort of thing is done with some antiquities as well, so be careful.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]993564[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]993565[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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