While it is deceptive at first glance, with a closer look it is obvious that something is wrong.

Counterfeit U.S. silver dollars emanating from Asia continue to be a problem for dealers and collectors.

Thousands of fake 1893-S Morgan dollars have found their way into the U.S. rare coin marketplace over the last few years. How can you identify them?

The fake 1873 Coronet, Closed 3 gold $2.50 quarter eagle is most likely from counterfeits produced in the 1960s and 1970s to get around gold restrictions.

Over the past year Michael Fahey has received several emails and phone calls from confused numismatists about various coins like this.

The quality of this counterfeit is good, but this type of fake is not extremely deceptive once you know what to look for.

The fake 1875-CC 20-cent coin shown here is rather remarkable for the amount of detail that was transferred over from a genuine coin to a set of fake dies.

Great Britain produced an 11-coin set in 1887 to celebrate the 50th year of Queen Victoria’s reign, commonly referred to as the Jubilee design.

An important consideration in authentication is determining if a given coin is valuable enough to attract the attention of a counterfeiter.

One of the initial steps in the authentication process is to determine if a given coin is worth enough to attract the attention of a counterfeiter.