Fake gold or real? How to test your gold. Here a few tools, techniques and tricks on recognizing real gold. Sadly, gold hallmarks are not 100% reliable, with unscrupulous people adding false ones especially...
Cleaning Ancient Coins INTRODUCTION The first step in cleaning ancient coins is to acquire some. Ancient coins are those older than medieval times and some of the most plentiful are from the Byzantine...
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ƈ-Headed' Coins DO NOT come from the U.S. mint. Why is it impossible for the 2-headed coin to come from the U.S. mint? The U.S. Mint (and most other world mints) have built-in protections against accidentally...
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Numismatics is one of the oldest hobbies in the world and one which is gaining new converts each year. There is also evidence to suggest that ancient Roman rulers collected coins of the classic Greek period,...
Introduction Tooling is part of what I consider the "unholy trinity" of Ancient Coins. Namely this group is made up of:1. Fakes 2. Repatination/Restoration 3. Tooling I've already discussed Repatination and...