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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1060463, member: 6036&quot;]Can you examine the coin in hand ? If so, check the edge reeding. Counterfeits are notorious for very poor edge reeding. Some are so bad the counterfeiters threw up their hands and eliminated the reeds altogether ! A plain edge would be a subtle hint the coin is phony.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If the coin is a cast fake, there should be evidence of a line around the perimeter where the two molds came together.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Also, check the denticles very carefully. Look for raised lines - these are tooling marks. As the counterfeiters prepared the dies, they often slipped up and left die scratches.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for the grains at top of wreath floating in space - that also happens on real coins when the die is lapped after a die clash. It&#039;s more common on G$1s, since they have so many die clashes, but it happens on $3s (and FE 1c) as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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