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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Market Harmony, post: 1060626, member: 20154&quot;]As I suspected and as confirmed through a few key markers posted here, this coin is counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The markers: </p><p>1) mushy details...&nbsp; under 10 x they seem like bad attempt to replicate die doubling</p><p>2) slight die gouges in the protected areas of the denticles</p><p>3) knot on the reverse bow is not as well defined as even XF examples of genuine coins</p><p><br /></p><p>I am very confident that this is not a cast replica.&nbsp; It is certainly a coined replica... no surface bubbles to speak of and the reeded edge is not interrupted with a center line where casting molds would come together.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as in hand appearance, this coin would not fool an experienced dealer without a loupe.&nbsp; The mushy details are probably the biggest and easiest indicator of it being a counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>And to those that think that there are no authentic gold coins in raw state... your opinion could use some refinement.&nbsp; But to an inexperienced collector, the advice of buying slabbed is excellent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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