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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hookman, post: 3446609, member: 99642&quot;]I&#039;m not any kind of expert on these, but looking at the denticles on both front and back (as already noted by furham) they change too much in appearance as you go&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; around the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>These Indian cents were <i>struck.</i> If one side is weak, the opposite side should be strong and vice versa.&nbsp; Yet as you go around the coin, the weak versus strong areas have no such consistency. </p><p>The way they alternate is more consistent with having been cast, which these coins never were, but Chinese fakes almost always are.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rims look rolled, and I don&#039;t think that&#039;s normal for an Indian cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are members with much more knowledge and experience than I have. One of them will chime in soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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