A New England man, who has requested to remain anonymous, believed a small gold coin with a $5 denomination from the San Francisco Mint during the height of the California Gold Rush was a fake.

The four gold coins depicting the "Roman emperor" Sponsian were long regarded as forgeries and Sponsian himself a fake. However, in a breakthrough new study in the scientific journal PLOS One ...

Numismatic Guaranty Corporation When a coin collector was told his mysterious $5 discovery was a fake by numerous experts, he began to believe it himself. But he is now on course to becoming a ...

“To be clear: I have no involvement with this coin,” she wrote in a post on X. “This fake coin risks deceiving consumers and defrauding them of their hard-earned money, and the unauthorized ...

The existence of a Roman emperor, previously dismissed as "fake," has been confirmed with the discovery of an ancient gold ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins previously dismissed as forgeries – providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might in ...

The coin bearing the name of Sponsian and his portrait was found more than 300 years ago in Transylvania, once a far-flung outpost of the Roman empire. Believed to be a fake, it had been locked ...

Investing in gold bars and coins can be a smart financial strategy, but it can be daunting for beginners to differentiate between real and fake gold. Counterfeiters are getting better at making ...