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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ziggy29, post: 16468, member: 1113&quot;]Well...yeah.&nbsp; But I think I could pretty well spot a clearly genuine coin if it passed the weight test.&nbsp; Most of the fakes appear a bit grainy and the transfer die fakes generally have the same dull, washed-out look with loss of detail and a lack of &quot;bell-like&quot; tonal quality when tapped.&nbsp; It&#039;s possible I might identify a real coin as a fake, but if that&#039;s what I need to do to feel safer with the transaction, that&#039;s what I&#039;d do.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also would need to make sure I trusted the seller to guarantee authenticity and follow up on it.&nbsp; I would never, never, *never* buy a valuable raw coin without that assurance, under any circumstances, *period*.&nbsp; That&#039;s even more crucial for novice collectors who haven&#039;t studied about counterfeits, their manufacture and the usual diagnostics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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