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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 19524, member: 669&quot;]Let me count just the first half-dozen ways -</p><p>1.&nbsp; President Hsu Shih-chang&#039;s portrait is turned just a tad more to the side on K#676 (reeded edge) and K#676.1 (plain edge) of the only coin bearing his portrait listed in Krause.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Genuine coins have a legend on the bottom of the reverse in addition to the one on the top.</p><p>3.&nbsp; Hsu&#039;s collar and tie are not accurate on this fake.</p><p>4.&nbsp; Genuine coins are a tad less than 40mm, this one is a little more.</p><p>5.&nbsp; Genuine coins weigh 26.5g, this one 23.45.</p><p>6.&nbsp; The calligraphy of the characters for the country name and date is a little different from that on genuine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are <i>my</i> main problems with the coin.&nbsp; Sarawakian probably had some others as well.&nbsp; Overall, except for the missing legend it&#039;s not a bad copy, but even a great copy is a copy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh yeah, and it&#039;s been cleaned![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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