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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3996584, member: 19165&quot;]Huh, that&#039;s fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t know this before, but after the fantastic lecture that [USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] gave at FUN, I now know that there&#039;s been a pattern of people buying genuine damaged coins, shipping them to China where the damage was repaired and impact dies were made from the genuine repaired details coin. They use details coins because the process of making an impact die generally ruins the host coin. Given your post of the host coin, I&#039;m almost certain that&#039;s what we&#039;re looking at.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first impression on seeing the coin in the OP was that it was tooled/repaired/altered. I didn&#039;t really think it was a counterfeit until I looked a second time. Then I realized it might be a counterfeit - the level of perceived wear on the coin didn&#039;t match the level of luster on the coin - it didn&#039;t look worn enough for how worn it was supposed to look. If that makes any sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is absolutely fascinating, cutting edge work you are doing. I appreciate you sharing it with us![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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