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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2756439, member: 19165&quot;]Silver and tungsten are significantly difference densities. Most likely, this is from a newer generation of Chinese counterfeits, and they use silver planchets of correct fineness.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The language in the article clearly points to this being a die-struck fake: &quot;The long slender line on Liberty’s cheek is not present on genuine examples of this issue. In fact, some specialists will recognized that this exact die gouge appears on genuine 1884-CC Morgan Dollars, obviously the coin that served as the model for this counterfeit’s obverse. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, a sandwich coin would show an obvious seam where the two halves were joined together. That would have been mentioned in the article, and would not have created a &quot;super-fake&quot; - a highly deceptive counterfeit that would fool many collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of these point to being a die struck counterfeit - they just used an 1884-CC as the obverse model.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll bet that if you ask over on the NGC boards, Dave Lange probably remembers this &quot;coin&quot; and could tell you more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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