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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2616789, member: 83845&quot;]I agree with [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] (who is way more&nbsp; knowledgeable than me btw) that the details look soft. Lack of flan cracks might also be suspect???</p><p><br /></p><p>If I may offer some friendly and hopefully helpful advice. First is that size and weight are ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIALLY when determining authenticity.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t have calipers or a scale that might be a good investment if you want to collect ancients. Both can be found pretty cheap on Amazon as I recently bought new calipers myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For cast coins weight especially is extremely difficult for a forger to get right if they are not using the exact same material composition as the original (not impossible though).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also when you upload photos try to post the full image to the thread itself after you upload the file. &quot;Upload a File&quot;--&gt;*insert file*--&gt;&quot;Full Image&quot; (button at bottom of reply next to &quot;thumbnail&quot;)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]573494[/ATTACH] </p><p>Am I correct in assuming you are using your phone to take photos?&nbsp; If so one thing I&#039;ve found (I&#039;m still learning as well <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) is that the pictures are blurry if you try to get the phone too close to the object because the phone autofocus is not set up for macro shots. Instead place it on something that doesn&#039;t move (a jar or similar) and set the timer so there is no blur causing vibration from hitting the button.&nbsp; Then crop it down. I&#039;ve had the best luck with 2 or 3 light sources at about 60 degrees or natural sunlight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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