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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 4512609, member: 19165"]Yes, I believe this to be a cast counterfeit. Compare yours to a genuine specimen, and there are quite a few differences: <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/philippines/world-coins/1908-s-peso-philippines-peso-ms65-pcgs-pcgs-90394-/a/1271-5854.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/philippines/world-coins/1908-s-peso-philippines-peso-ms65-pcgs-pcgs-90394-/a/1271-5854.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/philippines/world-coins/1908-s-peso-philippines-peso-ms65-pcgs-pcgs-90394-/a/1271-5854.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The first and most obvious thing I always point out when trying to identify a fake: look at the dentils. The dentils are one of the hardest design elements to get right on a fake, and one of the first signs that you have a fake. If the dentils don't look right, that's an immediate red flag - and the dentils on your coin don't look right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 4512609, member: 19165"]Yes, I believe this to be a cast counterfeit. Compare yours to a genuine specimen, and there are quite a few differences: [URL]https://coins.ha.com/itm/philippines/world-coins/1908-s-peso-philippines-peso-ms65-pcgs-pcgs-90394-/a/1271-5854.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/URL] The first and most obvious thing I always point out when trying to identify a fake: look at the dentils. The dentils are one of the hardest design elements to get right on a fake, and one of the first signs that you have a fake. If the dentils don't look right, that's an immediate red flag - and the dentils on your coin don't look right.[/QUOTE]
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