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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 558630, member: 2972&quot;]The die mark (and die crack) does speak to the coin being genuine -- but it doesn&#039;t prove anything.&nbsp; Quite frankly, really there&#039;s nobody in the world who can be sure with only photos, much less photos as small as those you&#039;ve posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please take my advice, rest assured your coin is authentic if it is in an NGC holder, and call them tomorrow to be sure it&#039;s not one of the countrefeit ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you can sleep easy knowing your coin is genuine, and you have the NGC company who stands behind it.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, I have NEVER heard of a counterfeit 32-D in an NGC holder, nor have I heard of modern coins like this being in couterfeit holders.&nbsp; I&#039;d say your coin is 99.9% assured of being genuine, and 99.999999999% chance if you call NGC tomorrow and confirm the info described above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck, and please let us know what happens....Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. LDS is late die state.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>p.p.s. There are several good books on counterfeit coins -- others more familiar with the topic will have to comment, but I found the &quot;PCGS Coin Grading Guide This Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection&quot; has a good section on the topic of counterfeits.&nbsp; There&#039;s also a great class taught at the ANA each year (with a correspondence course if you join the ANA -- highly recommend as you will learn A LOT).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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