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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnny54321, post: 642992, member: 13342&quot;]Well, since this is a gold posting free for all, I thought I would post this. This is a counterfeit $3 gold coin, 1855. This was a purchase I made early in my numismatic efforts, and this was a big lesson for me. It is actually what lead me to this forum, and countless hours of research I&#039;ve done on counterfeits.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would now consider it &quot;cool gold&quot;, because it is currently being put to good use. I ended up selling it for melt to one who teaches classes on counterfeit gold, and has recently used it in a seminar to help people make out the diagnostic of counterfeit gold. Feel free to comment on it and point out some of the diagnostics(they are quite abundant and in studying it, I have found close to a dozen suspicious areas on the coin).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was an ebay purchase from aboncom.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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