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How to Identify a Forgery : A Guide to Spotting Fake Art, Counterfeit Currencies, and More

Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. History and Pioneers; The Beginnings of Forensic Document Examination; Signatures; Mechanized and Computerized Printing; Electronic and Digital Signatures; Ink and Paper; Art Forgery; 2. The Scientific Approach; Visu...

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Autor principal: Bell, Suzanne (Autor)
Formato: Online Resource Livro
Idioma:English
Publicado em: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc , 2013
Edição:Online-Ausg.
coleção:EBL-Schweitzer
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Acesso em linha:Volltext
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Resumo:Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. History and Pioneers; The Beginnings of Forensic Document Examination; Signatures; Mechanized and Computerized Printing; Electronic and Digital Signatures; Ink and Paper; Art Forgery; 2. The Scientific Approach; Visual Examination and Microscopy; Spectrophotometry and Microspectrophotometry; Other Elemental Analysis Techniques; Science and Art; Scientific Methods and Paper; Indented Writing and a Physical Match; 3. Dyes and Pigments; Inks and Paints; The Scientific View of Color; Inks and Paints; Dating Inks
Walter McCrone (1916-2002): A Leading Expert in Microscopy4. Detecting Document Forgery; Signatures; A Famous Case of Handwriting Analysis; Disguised Writing; Obliterations and Alterations; Mechanical Copies; 5. Counterfeiting Currency; Coins; The History of Money; Paper Currency; Techniques of Counterfeiting Currency; How to Verify Money; 6. Forging Art, History, and Science; Art of Forgery; Vinland Map; Fingerprints; Scientific Forgery; Scientific Fakes and Forgeries; Human Bones: The Piltdown Man; Counterfeit Drugs; 7. Conclusion: The Future of Fakes, Forgeries, and Counterfeits; Glossary
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Fakes and counterfeits have existed since ancient times; and while the methods of forgery have surely advanced, so has the science necessary to identify them. Currency, art, and historical artifacts are only a few of the objects commonly forged; and scientists in forensic laboratories throughout the world work alongside artists, museums, linguists, and historians to authenticate these items. How to Identify a Forgery investigates how modern computers, printers, and scanners have presented new challenges for scientists and how objects suspected of being faked, forged, or fraudulent are examined
Descrição do item:Description based upon print version of record
Descrição Física:Online-Ressource (1 online resource (171 p.))
ISBN:9781626364776