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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3744080, member: 26302"]I would agree with others here. What strikes me at first impression, and not pulling out my own examples, is what forgeries usually get wrong. Some details way too strong, others too weak. If all details are strong or weak strike could be a factor, but most forgeries I see from China have a mismatch of strong and weak, only meaning it can be a fake. Strike could never cause both.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the date issue you see is from counterfeiters being cheap and reusing dies for multiple dated fakes. It is smart to fake a 1904, since it is by far the most common and least looked at date by collectors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3744080, member: 26302"]I would agree with others here. What strikes me at first impression, and not pulling out my own examples, is what forgeries usually get wrong. Some details way too strong, others too weak. If all details are strong or weak strike could be a factor, but most forgeries I see from China have a mismatch of strong and weak, only meaning it can be a fake. Strike could never cause both. I think the date issue you see is from counterfeiters being cheap and reusing dies for multiple dated fakes. It is smart to fake a 1904, since it is by far the most common and least looked at date by collectors.[/QUOTE]
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