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<p>[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 655765, member: 4336"]What do you mean by this?</p><p>"If the top ( where the leg would connect is straight across it is a fake."</p><p>Do you mean if the leg connects to the hoof cap?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what I found out on key diagnoses on geniune examples from bill fivaz book I got my ANA counterfeit detection/grading/conservation seminiar:</p><p>Brian said, "If the buffalo's pi**ing, they legs missing." referring to the stream of 'pee'</p><p>1. The leg is missing (due to it being polished off) but the roof is still visible.</p><p>2. There is a longer appendage (stream of 'pee') from the bison's belly, with a long, raised arc of "bumps" leading down to the ground</p><p>3. There is a "moth-eaten" (as you referenced earlier) appearance to the bison's hide, especially on the rear leg.</p><p>4. The E PLURIBUS UNUM over the bison's back is thinner and further away from the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I used to go to the scottsdale show in elks lodge, I remember hearing about a shady dealer who was selling a counterfeit/altered 3 legged buffalo. Luckily, some experts spotted it as a fake but he continued to sell it, people were real stirred up about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldCoinLover, post: 655765, member: 4336"]What do you mean by this? "If the top ( where the leg would connect is straight across it is a fake." Do you mean if the leg connects to the hoof cap? Here's what I found out on key diagnoses on geniune examples from bill fivaz book I got my ANA counterfeit detection/grading/conservation seminiar: Brian said, "If the buffalo's pi**ing, they legs missing." referring to the stream of 'pee' 1. The leg is missing (due to it being polished off) but the roof is still visible. 2. There is a longer appendage (stream of 'pee') from the bison's belly, with a long, raised arc of "bumps" leading down to the ground 3. There is a "moth-eaten" (as you referenced earlier) appearance to the bison's hide, especially on the rear leg. 4. The E PLURIBUS UNUM over the bison's back is thinner and further away from the back. When I used to go to the scottsdale show in elks lodge, I remember hearing about a shady dealer who was selling a counterfeit/altered 3 legged buffalo. Luckily, some experts spotted it as a fake but he continued to sell it, people were real stirred up about it.[/QUOTE]
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