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Fake Trajan...what Are The Signs?

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 Posted 09/20/2012  7:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dougsmit to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Doug Smith - Is there a good write-up on what constitues a silver foil coin fake or what process was used to make silver foil ancient fakes?

John Lorenzo
United States


I have several pages on the subject but if you want something more authoritative I suggest the book I list on this page:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...fourree.htmlhttp://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...fourree.html


"For more technical information on fourree production techniques and great cross section photos, see:

Campbell, William, Greek and Roman Plated Coins Numismatic Notes and Monographs No. 57, American Numismatic Society, 1933."
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 Posted 09/20/2012  7:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am NOT happy with the reverse field of this coin.

That is apart from the fact that I am denied in these pictures at least, from close examination of the edge of it.
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 Posted 09/20/2012  9:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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The posters talk about a casting rim on the coin. What exactly does this mean, and is it visible from this photo?

In case you're still wondering about that, the answer is no, the casting seam is not really visible from that photo - but it is clearly visible in the additional photos posted on the FORVM thread. It's the line running through the middle of the rim, where the two halves of the casting mould joined together and some of the molten metal flowed in between the gap.

For the benefit of those not registered on FORVM, here is a CCF thread where a casting seam is clearly visible on the edge of a counterfeit modern coin; this older thread shows a nice clear casting seam on a fake ancient coin (though the pics in that thread are imageshack-hosted and may expire at some point).
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