It's poorly done! and needs to be verified to see if it's really silver….
So you are saying that the design does not match with a guenine coin ? Or the form ?
I'm not trying to say you're lying, i just want more precisions to challenge myself. I want to undestand which precise points makes you think that the coin is fake, because i was about to fall in the trap. I want to learn.
I can't do a metal test, i had to believe the seller (whom i don't believe anymore XD)
Thank you a lot for your precisions ! I'm going to practice myself a little bit more, or just stay on real auction houses to buy greek coins for the moment ;(
Bonsoir, déjà le poids n’est pas bon , un Tetra en dessous de 17 grs c’est pas possible, les grecs deconnais pas avec ça… faut juste se rapeller que c’est le dollar de l’époque …
C'est vrai qu'on en trouve sous les 17g, mais pas aussi bas que 16,66 g.
Concernant les éléments qui indiquent que c'est une fausse, j'ai en effet repassé du temps à bien comparer avec des exemplaires authentiques, et je vois toutes les petites différences maintenant. Même si l'exemplaire est bien fait globalement (notamment les hauts reliefs et l'usure fait assez naturel je trouve), les détails relevés ne trompe pas.
Hi, the weight can vary for a tetradrachm; less than 16g isn't a problem. Look at these coins, they weigh around 15g! For Greek coins, you should mainly look at the style of the engraving! Engraving a coin was an art, so there's no room for bad engraving! There are almost perfect fakes. In the 70s/80s, an Italian forger reproduced dies identical to the originals. To detect these fakes, you have to examine them with a magnifying glass and know how to distinguish between hammered and pressed coins. Hammered coins are authentic; pressed coins are modern fakes!
La méthode imparable en plus des PDM est de mettre côte à côte des photos de ta monnaie avec celles d'une vraie et d'observer les différences et tu devrais logiquement trouver celles déjà décrites plus haut
Celui qui pose une question risque de paraître sot pendant cinq minutes, mais celui qui n'en pose pas restera sot toute sa vie.
La méthode imparable en plus des PDM est de mettre côte à côte des photos de ta monnaie avec celles d'une vraie et d'observer les différences et tu devrais logiquement trouver celles déjà décrites plus haut
Hi, no, not necessarily. As I explained earlier, there are almost perfect fakes. To see these fakes, you have to look at the metal with a magnifying glass and be able to distinguish between hammered and pressed pieces. It starts to get complicated, but it's the only way. If I remember correctly, the Italian forger's name is Fichera. He's very well-known for his almost perfect counterfeits. Even major auction houses have been fooled... and have sold fakes. It's rare, but it happens!
