How to Spot Fake Gold Coins and Avoid Fraud. Minting coins has been the cornerstone of every developed economy since physical currency became the primary method of financial transactions.

They’re saying because of the coin there’s the person, and the person therefore must have made the coin.” DOI: PLoS ONE, 2022. 10.1371/journal.pone.0274285 ( About DOIs ).

Counterfeit Coins. Share full article. Jan. 7, 1894. ... Among the counterfeiters of comparatively modern times the German, Becker, stands pre-eminent.

Numismatic breakthrough: Coin study suggests 'fake' Roman emperor was real ... a Roman province that overlaps with modern-day Romania, was cut off from the rest of the empire around 260 A.D.

In 2002, one in every 109 £1 coins was a fake. Today it's one in 40. A former counterfeiter reveals how to spot the fake in your pocket.

Scientists have determined that four third-century Roman coins found in 18th-century Romania, once thought to be forgeries, are not only authentic but also the only proof of a Roman imperial claimant.

Scientists say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins — providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in fact have been real. But not everyone agrees.

A RARE 50p coin has sold for a whopping £4,500 due to a unique mistake.The Gibraltar 50p was sold to a private collector after The Britannia Coin Com ...

The coins’ appearance, their weight, as well as die strike errors and even die misalignments can give them away as counterfeit $2 coins. The counterfeits are suspected of being made in China ...

Finding fakes Illustration of how neutrons can pass easily through the metallic regions of an old coin, but are blocked by hydrogen-bearing compounds formed by corrosion. (Courtesy: S Kelley/NIST) The ...