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<p>[QUOTE="mithril21, post: 3422162, member: 102153"]That may not be enough nowadays to authenticate the coin because of the newer Chinese counterfeits, but it must still pass those same four tests. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is, does it pass the fourth test? Does the sharpness of the strike due to the higher die pressure match that of known genuine copies? If it does not, then you can conclude it is not genuine. If it does, then you still can’t conclude anything without more testing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mithril21, post: 3422162, member: 102153"]That may not be enough nowadays to authenticate the coin because of the newer Chinese counterfeits, but it must still pass those same four tests. My question is, does it pass the fourth test? Does the sharpness of the strike due to the higher die pressure match that of known genuine copies? If it does not, then you can conclude it is not genuine. If it does, then you still can’t conclude anything without more testing.[/QUOTE]
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