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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2827726, member: 24314&quot;]If I read your question correctly, what you ask is called a &quot;Cup &amp; Saucer&quot; alteration.&nbsp; These are the easiest to detect!&nbsp; Moving the &quot;seam&quot; to the top of the rim is genius - right up there with the &quot;Embossed mint mark&quot; alterations!&nbsp; You can bet there are many of his type of alteration on dollars with much less value - the &quot;practice coins.&quot;&nbsp; Once these go undetected the fakers try for the &quot;home run.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Many professional authenticators are not VAM specialists yet they can usually tell the Mint where a dollar was made by its strike, luster, surface fabric, and rim.&nbsp; It comes from holding/examining tens of thousands of dollar coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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