| Authentic VS. Counterfeit 1809 DIME
Ok, so I will not claim to be a capped Bust Dime expert, I know nothing about the series. But upon receiving this counterfeit in the mail, I have studied it and compared it to pictures of real ones on Heritage and this is what I have come up with:
3.75 grams OBVERSE - The stars around teh outside of the coin are too fat and mushy. As opposed to skinny, and pointy tips.
- The Denticles are much different than you would expect to see on an authentic version. They are long and narrow, as opposed to short and fat.
- You will notice the details on the bust, and face are all wrong. There are several missing curls in the hair, and all the detail in "Liberty" is missing.
REVERSE - The very first thing I noticed was the eagles mouth isn't even open!
- The "E PLURIBUS UNUM" is raised off the coin, as opposed to incuse like on the authentic version.
- There is a huge lack in detail on the eagle, and way too many bars on the shield.
- The arrows are way too small, and don't come nearly close enough to the rim.
- And.. I'm pretty sure they used a completley different font on the "United States Of America".
COUNTERFEIT  AUTHENTIC 
__________________ Shawn
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Last edited by snaz; 10-24-2009 at 02:55 PM.
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