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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2551463, member: 24314&quot;][USER=80814]@TommyP[/USER]&nbsp; I like your curiosity - you are on your way to becoming a coin authenticator! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">PLEASE READ THE POST ABOVE AGAIN</span>.&nbsp; <span style="color: #404040">There is absolutely no chance your coin is genuine.&nbsp; I tried to let you down easily right from the start as the design detail on the original image was not &quot;mint quality.&quot;&nbsp; I applaud your curiosity to find out the reasons members said your coin is not authentic.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #404040">There three inevitable facts about coin authentication:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #404040">1. A fake has to be pretty crudely made to be detected using a photo alone.&nbsp; Your coin qualifies.</span></p><p><span style="color: #404040"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #404040">2. You will find over time that the number of members on all the forums all over the web who are competent to express useful opinions about fakes is very small.&nbsp; Most of the others are not as educated in that regard.&nbsp; Many of them post on Coin Talk.&nbsp; I&#039;m not one of them; yet even I could tell the coin was a fake.</span> </p><p><br /></p><p>3. I&#039;ve learned from some of these authenticators that the hard part of their job is to inform collectors that their piece is a fake; and then listen to them reply that the authenticator is nuts for whatever the reason they give: My &quot;colonial&quot; coin was found in a tree stump.&nbsp; My coin has been in the family for over 100 years (yet it is stamped with an &quot;R&quot; to conform to the 1972 Hobby Protection Act!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve received bad news about my coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;ve learned to respect an opinion when warranted by a respected authority and then (as you are doing) learning WHY it is bad.&nbsp; Hope you stick around on CT.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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