1859 IHC is this an Old/New Variety or a Fake?

SorenCoins · Oct 7, 2018

JCro57 said: ↑

One of the biggest gold buyers is in Buffalo. He has a nice machine that can tell me. Gives me a printout and everything.
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Oh that's awesome! I'll have to see if someone near me has one. I'd love an XRF gun, but you know, need $15,000 first XD.

-jeffB said: ↑

Look at the denticles from 10:00 to 11:00 on the reverse. It looks like they're sinking under the surface of the field. (Imagine the field as a pool of liquid; the denticles should all be standing well above its surface, but in that region, they aren't.)

This happens on a lot of fake coins. Frequently, other parts of the coin's design appear submerged, too. In the reverse photo you posted, look at the ribbon below the wreath, and the wreath itself from 6:00 to 9:00. You can see the same thing happening.
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That's exactly what I was seeing!

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