1877-s Trade Dollar... Please tell me it's not a fake

That would be a sad day indeed . I really wonder how "exact" they can make everything . What about Die cracks , and the wear on dies , Flow lines on Bust coinage . We all better start writing our congressmen to make the Chinese stop supporting these counterfeiters .

 

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Good question, one better left to the casual armchair philosopher.

 

If any of these exist on the coin used to copy, they will be copied as well. At least with flow lines we can to some degree tell between flow lines copied over and those caused by the actual strike. And coins struck to look worn can also be identified from those with actual wear by most collectors. But again, they have learned to artificially induce wear after striking very convincingly.