Nice read. Truth is subjective because truth is comprised from different points of you and interpetation. I am a science guy myself but this is how the world works.
In science if something is not replicable or falsifiable then it is jargon. And really, most of science is jargon. This is why we have to be so careful with how we talk and how we examine things.
Thing is this wasn't even some kind of scientific finding... It's just a simple coin and they made an overkill requirement - when all they have to do is see the photo or take one themselves. I mean nobody doubts the wikimedia photos as photoshopped nor do they require a vigorous protocol in which these photos are taken under the presence of multiple observers, etc etc.
I guess they'll be waiting for the newspapers to publish it, lol...