Whats you best fake artifact !!

[Chef Geoff]

  I think you might be right there Dave, not even close. Well they deserve to of been caught

[jaydogg]

What is it with fake coins from the reign of ol George III?  I have three here from his reign, two are shillings but the third is slightly bigger leading Mark and I to suspect it might be a guinea forgery. Just as interesting to me as the genuine article, although i would obviously prefer to find a silver coin.

[DEADLOCK]

U certainly got a fair collection there

[herbie]

Series N Sceat, AD 715 -720.

[SpineyDave]

Like you say Chef, well dodgy. not the right King, or even the right metal (should be bronze/copper). I better check out the other dozen coins that came with them.  Any one good with Chinese dragon coins ? I suspect they are all made up for the torist trade, cunning little bliters.

Dave

[Mike]

a nice celtic fake horse , not found by me 

[16.5DD (richard)]

the georgian coins where made prodominetly in the Midlands where a forgery factory was found.
The easy way to check is the flip test as the reverse should always be upside down is a true coin.
If its the right way up it is forged.

Spade guineas are prone to mass forging as so where the silver coinage. But think a couple of brass guineas in amoungst a pile of real ones would be differcult to spot as the gold plate would disgiuse nicely on a quick glance in a candle lit room.

[DEADLOCK]

I heard about that horse

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Well mine would be ..(and not a metal detecting find may I add) the African Swallow I bought. It turned out in fact to be a European swallow and no the slightest bit any good for carrying any weight whatsoever.

[proconsul]

No good for carrying coconuts then...? 

[Chef Geoff]

Plus why did you think they were African? you should of known you can't buy them in Mercia. Those Mercian cart boot sales are renowned  to Offa dodgy goods

[jtalbot0001]

Hi Everyone, I actually have found a number of coin forgeries, probably the best would have to be the William III Half Crown. And I have this curious coin, It's George II, but has silvering on the bust side still, when I first noticed it I thought it was a forgery, but then there are no George II silver Britania coins out there, that I know of, so then it can't be a forgery, and can't quite think what it was done for apart from being used in a pendant at one point perhaps? Any idea?

[DEADLOCK]

A nice lookin forgery there jtalbot

[beachboy (viv)]

this is my one found on a d/w rally in chepstow.viv

[Mark]

Found plenty of copper forgeries but I was well stoked to find one made of gilded silver, although the forger seems to have got things a little mixed up as the obverse side shows George II while the reverse side has the same arms as a George I guinea.  Just a shame its been dinged.