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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7507803, member: 101855&quot;]The trouble is the crooks usually start out by making fake molds or dies from a real coin. Therefore the die variety markers are going to be right. unless the crooks fool with them as they did on one of the 1803 half cents that got through one of TPGs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Knowing what the real coin look like is one of the ways to catch fakes, but noticing lumps that should not be there is another. Beyond that is the overall fabric of the coin which has to match the original and stuff like the dentiles around the design edge which are not easy to make consistent. </p><p><br /></p><p>Spotting facts is a learning process for all of us. You can never say you know it all. No one does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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