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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1161210, member: 6036&quot;]Another major Red Flag - the planchet is almost perfectly round and the strike is almost perfectly centered. That almost never happened on genuine specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pebbly surface certainly points to a cast fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a test... balance it on your fingertip and gently strike the edge with another coin. Struck coins ring; cast coins emit a dull thud. Obviously, do this such that if the coin falls off your finger it won&#039;t roll of the table onto the floor. One way to do that is to have a soft towel on the table.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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