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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2891028, member: 76194&quot;]Here is a fake Titus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]694780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A good cast fake, but the odd V in Vespasian tipped me off as I&#039;ve seen similar filled in letters in other cast coins. Another clue were the pimples by Titus&#039; mouth and eye, and the big pimple by his neck in the right field as well as that weird mark on the coin field by the neck (which made me think of imperfections left on the field by careless forgerers working on the cast copy mold..something I&#039;ve seen on other fakes photos). An examination of the edge at 45x magnification confirmed my suspicions and revealed clear and visible traces of a cast line that had been mostly obliterated by the forgerer...but not good enough to avoid detection at high magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>The weakness in the reverse legend at the 3 o&#039;clock position also made me suspicious considering the legend&#039;s Roman numerals were much fainter and weaker than the border dots right next to it. It is not something you&#039;d expect to see if that was a natural flat spot on a struck coin...the border dots should have been almost gone or not present if that was a weak strike area of the coin. Look at it yourself...it is a major clue and alarms should be going off in your head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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