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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7491753, member: 24314&quot;]This is a very, very, old trick counterfeiters used to make their crude fakes look like circulated genuine pieces.&nbsp; The Chinese are using it in various forms.&nbsp; I first saw this type of surface alteration on ancients and world coins way back in the &#039;70s.&nbsp; Many fakes were covered in a &quot;black shoe polish-like&quot; coating so only the relief details were visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>The image is a crude Chinese Large cent covered with black goop.&nbsp; The underlying coin was a bright, fresh, red copper when struck.&nbsp; It has toned down slightly to a more <span style="color: #ff8000">orange hue</span> poking out of the goop.&nbsp; <b>When you see a circulated copper coin with this sort of bright color it may be genuine or not BUT its surface is <span style="color: #b30000">100% not original.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">[ATTACH=full]1295449[/ATTACH] </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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