While shopping on Liulichang Street in Beijing, I was offered a convincing "American" one hundred dollar bill for fifty dollars It was in a shop window I did not buy it

Regarding most antique beads, I think it is possible for an advanced dealer to learn to tell the difference But it is challenging for the forthright seller to teach an uncertain collector

Perhaps it is like listening to the news and trying to figure who is faking whom The Chinese are not alone in this