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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 57062, member: 1235&quot;]a lot of it, I imagine, comes from seeing a LOT of genuine examples and a lot of experience.&nbsp; The more coins you can see, the better.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pretty soon, you start to know how a coin should look, in all stages of circulation and mint states.&nbsp; Then there is the tells - casting lines, bubbles, sandy fields, etc.&nbsp; There are also tells for alterations and so forth.&nbsp; So the only answer that I, personally, can give you is that the opinions often come from people have given the subject significant research or have seen enough to know when it looks wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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