- Paperback: 199 pages
- Publisher: Zyrus Press; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0974237124
- ISBN-13: 978-0974237121
- Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 16.1 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 847,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Show a "bad coin" to the average person and ask, "Is this a counterfeit, or is this a forgery?" and you will probably get a puzzled look and an answer along the lines of, "So what's the difference?" Read the first page
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Show a "bad coin" to the average person and ask, "Is this a counterfeit, or is this a forgery?" and you will probably get a puzzled look and an answer along the lines of, "So what's the difference?" Read the first page
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If you have ever considered buying expensive coins on-line then read this book. It maybe a bit repetitive in parts but it is a mine of useful information. In fact it's so good you could probably set up your own forgery operation after reading it. It should be banned! I highly recommend this book.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Motivates the purchase of calipers and a 16x jeweler's loupe
31 May 2004
Format:Paperback
Covers: Alteration (tooling, adding mint marks); Casting (centrifugal); False Dies (engraving tools, from electroplates, from casts, explosive impact); Collars; Planchets; Striking (hammering jigs and the 'gravity hammer'); and Wear/Patina.
Although written in the style of a "how-to" manual for replica and clandestine workshops, the book's target audience is collectors and authenticators. To employ Mr. Larson's techniques for crime you'd need to know the basics of precious metal casting, tool and die machining, gunsmithing, and numismatics. For readers without a metal lathe but with a serious interest in authentication and forgery-fighting, the book will provide an understanding of the covert minting process.
I was most impressed by Larson's treatment of the manufacture of steel dies through explosive impact copying. His procedure involves modifying shotguns to drive cast hubs into annealed dies. Larson's diagrams are explicit enough to convince the numismatist that explosive copying is practical. Details only of use to criminals, such as the type and quantity of gunpowder to use, are deliberately withheld from the reader.
Larson quotes an anonymous authenticator who examined 114 1916-S quarter eagles during the 1980s. 56% of them turned out to be fake! Hi-volume forgers in the Middle East and the Orient *already know* many of Larson's techniques. _Numismatic Forgery_ may provide a few useful tips to jewelers and machinists independently turning to crime, but the primary value of the book is to educate collectors in the characteristics of the illicit workshop.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Numismatic Forgery published by Zyrus. Outstanding.
24 May 2004
Format:Paperback
A must read for anyone who buys coins: dealer or collector.
Very insightful and a much needed tool for the industry. There has been nothing quite like this. Nice back cover short reviews by Jim Halperin, Ken Bressett and Mark Salzberg. This book is major league.
Very insightful and a much needed tool for the industry. There has been nothing quite like this. Nice back cover short reviews by Jim Halperin, Ken Bressett and Mark Salzberg. This book is major league.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This isn't your father's Oldsmobile! A must read!
14 Dec 2007
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Gone are the days of thoughtless coin purchases, and carefree days of yore. Today, the average Joe Numismatist faces a staggering array of crooks out to bilk him of his hard earned cash, by selling recently manufactured numismatic forgeries. Mr. Larson write very intelligently, with wit and humor! I found this book to be not only fun to read, but as much of a page turner as any I have ever read! Bravo sir! I will buy you a cup of coffee should you venture into my neck of the woods. I will guarantee any prospective reader that his book will inform, educate, enlighten and scare the pants off you. You will never look at a rare coin the same way again. Rated 8 stars.
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