How did the ancient coin market identify the authenticity of coins?

First, we must master the characteristics of the times and personality of coins in each era. Ancient money embodies the characteristics of the times when minting coins, and at the same time it has its own personality characteristics. By mastering these characteristics, we can know what era and what kind of coins it is, and distinguish real money from fake money according to these characteristics. The characteristics of ancient currency include Qian Wen and shape. Qian Wen is a font cast on ancient money, and the shape refers to the modeling structure, casting technology and material composition of ancient money. Understanding these characteristics of each era and each currency is the basic method to identify the authenticity and value of each era and each ancient currency. If a currency is found to be far from its characteristics of the times and individuals, we should pay special attention to its authenticity, and then identify it by other methods to determine its authenticity.

Second, use scientific methods to distinguish fake money from fake rust and pseudo color. In the identification of ancient coins, it is a very important method to distinguish the authenticity of copper rust from that of copper color, because it is difficult to absolutely judge the authenticity of some counterfeit coins from the shape of words, and the method of identifying the color of copper rust is relatively simple.

Third, be familiar with the basic characteristics of counterfeit money. To identify counterfeit money, we should not only understand the basic characteristics and individual characteristics of real money in each era, but also understand the basic characteristics of counterfeit money. The face of altered counterfeit money is uneven, the combined counterfeit money has different colors, and there are always traces around the carved words. The coins made by the sand turning method are slightly smaller and thinner than the real money. If you know the basic details and forgery methods of counterfeit money, you can find the forgery of counterfeit money by careful observation.