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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 481430, member: 7638&quot;]From the photos, I suspect it is a cast fake. The &#039;damage&#039; on the rim appears to show a hole with a blob of metal inside it. If that is correct (under stronger magnification) then it is a fake because no blow could cause that, but I have seen it numerous times on forged trade dollar. The edge reeding looks very uneven to me. In addition, on the oblique views, there appears to be a thin rim of metal around the cap, below &quot;UNUM.&quot; This may indicate whizzing to smooth out the rough&nbsp; fields from a casting. Just my opinion.</p><p>Using weight and diameter can exclude some of the clumsier forgeries, but many of the ones you see now were devised to fool collectors, and use the correct alloy, and have the correct weight and diameter. Most of the really bad Morgan fakes have disappeared from eBay- remember the ones with the square &quot;toe&quot; on the R of PLURIBUS?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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