Forgeries

The buzzword "highway gold" refers to a scam in which people at highway service stations or gas stations pretend to be in an emergency situation.

When is a coin actually "genuine"? Does a genuine guilder have to be from the 19th century? What is the difference between restriking, minting errors, replicas and forgeries?

All that glitters is not gold! Counterfeit gold bars and gold coins keep popping up. As counterfeits are becoming more and more perfect, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between genuine and fake goods, especially for laypeople.

All that glitters is not gold! Since 2016, counterfeit gold bars and gold coins have been popping up again. You should be particularly careful when buying online. It is difficult for laypeople to tell the difference between genuine and fake goods.

In addition to rarity, the degree of preservation of a coin is one of the most important characteristics for coin collectors and is therefore decisive in determining the collector's value. In order to be able to assess and guarantee authenticity and grade as neutrally as possible, grading services have established themselves as an independent third party that makes its expertise available to everyone.