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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4862765, member: 24314&quot;]Answers:</p><p><br /></p><p>Many of these coins would be obvious fakes if you could see them.&nbsp; That&#039;s one reason I usually do not image the other two sides and just keep &quot;edges&quot; in a folder.</p><p>I&#039;ll comment on some of the posts above.&nbsp; Messy has a good eye and caught the width of the reeds on the most genuine looking coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Counterfeit.&nbsp; Even, uniform, virtually identical reeding is more often than not found on counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Genuine $10.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">My typical curve ball</span> so don&#039;t assume anything I post in the quiz introduction.&nbsp; You&#039;ll see.&nbsp; Anyway, no one is expected to get this one although one member on ATS mentioned that it could be a genuine coin with a repaired edge.&nbsp; This coin was not in jewelry so who can say why the entire edge was carved up.&nbsp; Perhaps to recover some gold filings?</p><p><br /></p><p>3,Counterfeit.&nbsp; Shallow and even reeding.&nbsp;&nbsp; Should make you suspicious but remember EVERYTHING we see on a counterfeit we&#039;ll EVENTUALLY find on a genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; Fake. Looks genuine but this is the type seen on the modern Chinese fakes.&nbsp; Note the different thickness on the reeds on the left.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Fake.&nbsp; Crude, shallow, uneven reeds.&nbsp; Another typical Chinese edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Fake.&nbsp; Old time cast counterfeit with edge seam.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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