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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 35567, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum Monica.If you can, post pictures here for the forum members to check out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Castings usually have a porous appearance under magnification, although the highest quality ones need extreme magnification to show their true nature; while struck coins generally have a smooth surface, with &quot;flow lines&quot; in the fields, also visible under magnification.&nbsp; Flow lines resultfrom the high pressure of the striking press which literally causes the metal to flow into the depressed areas of the dies as they become the raised features of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, in the case of a rarity such as this, since even some struck examples are counterfeit, determining that it is cast will be conclusive evidence of fakery, but determining that it is struck will only be non-evidence of fakery.&nbsp; A struck copy needs to be examined by an expert who can look at such things as the position of the lettering, the font style of the lettering, and known features of the design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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