Below are the Links that were supplied in the Powerpoint Presentation that was shown at the 06-2013 HVNS Coin Club Meeting.

Numismatic Consumer Alliance

http://www.stopcoinfraud.com/nca/

United States Secret Service

http://www.secretservice.gov/money_coins.shtml

Counterfeit Coin Detection

http://rg.ancients.info/guide/counterfeits.html

Counterfeit Coin Newsletter

http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/newsletter8.html

Inside a Chinese Coin Counterfeiting Ring – Susan Headley

http://coins.about.com/od/worldcoins/ig/Chinese-Counterfeiting-Ring/?nl=1

Bogus Counterfeit Coins – Many pic of ancients and others

http://counterfeitcoins.reidgold.com/

• Weight
• Diameter
• Alloy
• Specific Gravity
• Damaged, dirty or colored to obscure truth
• Cast
• Smooth surfaces, missing detail, soft transitions to devices
• Tiny pits or bumps from air bubbles
• Absence of luster or flow lines
•  Struck
• Wrong styling of legends – cut dies
• Imperfections from original coin – transfer dies
• Weakness in design – transfer dies
• Too cheap

Counterfeit Warning Signs: –>