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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bedford, post: 402339, member: 4917&quot;]I thought it may be cool &amp; a good educational thread to start- </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It may not be every day but Ill try to post at least one a week-</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone else has a known counterfeit please post it too-</p><p><br /></p><p>So here goes , one of the harder types of coins to identify when counterfeitted is gold IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1885-S is a great example-</p><p><br /></p><p>I have enlarged &amp; highlighted a few &quot;spikes&quot; that are on the coin from the engravers tool . He was not to careful &amp; these small spikes are the 1st key indicator that the coin is not authentic- </p><p><br /></p><p>Spikes like that are a key indicator on probably 70% of the gold that I have seen that is not authentic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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