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<p>[QUOTE="rzage, post: 598272, member: 14070"]A lot of good fakes have tooling marks where the counterfeiter tried to fix up weak spots , take at least a 10X loupe and look for tooling marks , Raised or sunken lines that shouldn't be there , also buy some books on counterfeits , like the Guide to Coin Grading & Counterfeit Detection . Certain coins have certain characteristics an example would be the 1877 Indian Cent , there was only one reverse die used on all the examples made and all have a weakness on the N of ONE , so know the coin you are buying , buy from repubattle dealers with a liberal return policy , I'd be wary of anyone who doesn't give one , and buy the book before the coin .</p><p>rzage[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rzage, post: 598272, member: 14070"]A lot of good fakes have tooling marks where the counterfeiter tried to fix up weak spots , take at least a 10X loupe and look for tooling marks , Raised or sunken lines that shouldn't be there , also buy some books on counterfeits , like the Guide to Coin Grading & Counterfeit Detection . Certain coins have certain characteristics an example would be the 1877 Indian Cent , there was only one reverse die used on all the examples made and all have a weakness on the N of ONE , so know the coin you are buying , buy from repubattle dealers with a liberal return policy , I'd be wary of anyone who doesn't give one , and buy the book before the coin . rzage[/QUOTE]
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