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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 998002, member: 24633&quot;]Another thing I&#039;ve noticed of many counterfeits coming out of China is the shortened denticles that do not correspond from obverse to reverse. You will note on the obverse that the denticles are much shorter between 12 &amp; 3 o&#039;clock, but they are normal length on the reverse between 3 &amp; 6 o&#039;clock. If this had been a (slightly) off-center strike, the denticles would be the same length on both sides. I&#039;ve seen this many times, and it looks like the counterfeiter was using a duplicating lathe to produce the die, but did not have the coin perfectly centered for the transfer. That may also be why the entire texture of the surface of the coin doesn&#039;t look right. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One other thing you will note is the &quot;A&quot; of AMERICA touching the left wing of the eagle. This was modified in 1878 (I believe) so that the letter did not touch the wing. The telltale giveaway that an 1878 coin was used to copy everything but the date is the parallel arrow feather. This was changed to a slanted arrow feather for all Morgans struck after 1879.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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