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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2602927, member: 1892&quot;]This is a pretty darn good fake, with one <b>immediate</b> and<b> glaring</b> flaw on each face which would not stand up to the <i>first level of due diligence</i> on the part of a buyer, a level of diligence even the most experienced of collectors should engage in <b><i>every_single_time</i></b>: attribution. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is but one 1803 variety with serifs on the 3: B-6/BB-255. On the obverse of this coin, look at the star spacing around LIBERTY. On the real coin, the stars are evenly spaced either side. On this coin, the stars are closer to the Y than the L.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse, note the star touching the bottom of the eagle&#039;s beak. On the real coin, it touches the top of the beak.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there&#039;s no reason for <i>anyone</i> to ever fail on an Early Dollar attribution any more, not with an ironclad attribution wizard online and free to use:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.earlydollars.org/wizardhome.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.earlydollars.org/wizardhome.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.earlydollars.org/wizardhome.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Evan8, everything you wrote is perfectly accurate (and very scary). It&#039;s indicative that the counterfeiters are raising their game. Somewhat. Proof that the only way to combat them is <b>education</b>. If every honest potential buyer knew what I&#039;ve just posted, the attribution wizard and how to attribute, this coin would never have deceived anyone, even without the casting evidence on the surfaces. The points I offered would be definitive in far worse images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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