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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2540830, member: 24314&quot;]While I don&#039;t agree with some of the specifics in the rest of your post, your observation above is incorrect and verified by tests of these pieces at the Mint Lab in Washington in the early 1970&#039;s.&nbsp; Modern authenticators or anyone interested can do the same test on coins like the off color one in the OP. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was not until the mid to late 1970&#039;s that the counterfeiters realized that their fakes could be detected at a distance due to the unusual color of the LOW GRADE gold alloy they were using.&nbsp; That&#039;s when the composition of the fakes (and their color) improved.&nbsp; Stories are told in seminars about authenticators examining sets of $2 1/2 Indians in Capitol Plastic holders and all the coins were the same color except the 11-D counterfeits with the wrong composition. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen some $2 1/2 and $5 Indians struck with the older dies yet composed of a decent colored alloy.&nbsp; No telling when these were made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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