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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 115154, member: 112&quot;]There are a great many counterfeits out there, some known with given diagnostics and some as yet unknown. In the 1960&#039;s the counterfeit factories of the middle east pumped these coins out by the hundreds of thousands. Today, the counterfeiters in Bulgaria, China and again in the middle east do the same. There are multitudes of flea markets in Russia today selling fakes by the bucket load to tourists which then distribute the coins around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>gx you specialize in Russian coins if I remember correctly. Look closely at the small details of that coin on both the obverse and reverse. You can find one denticle pointing this way and another right next to it pointing the other way. If you wish to take the time you can find diagnostic after diagnostic which points to this coin being a counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also recommend that anyone who wishes to learn more about counterfeits buy books on the subject. And there is an excellent web site as well which publishes the <i>Counterfeit Coin Newsletter</i> that can be found <a href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/index.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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