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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2527386, member: 24314&quot;]Glad you took my post in the good way it was intended. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Live and learn. I&#039;ve been accused of namedropping here on several occasions so I will not mention who told me about the die polish from the beak and who told me about the die line near the arrow tips.&nbsp; I see neither of these on the coin you posted except a hint of the one at the beak.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin authentication is USUALLY a very simple thing.&nbsp; All you need is a stereo microscope, and access to enough genuine coins to learn the diagnostics present for that die. Thankfully, most major &quot;key&quot; coins were struck using ONLY ONE PAIR of dies.&nbsp; With this in mind you can usually find a diagnostic &quot;marker&quot; on either side of the coin that will authenticate the variety.&nbsp; For example, I don&#039;t even need to look at the reverse of an 1893-S dollar to know it is genuine!&nbsp; Same goes for a 1911-D $2 1/2 dollar as there is &quot;unique&quot; die polish on <span style="color: #b30000">every example</span> I&#039;ve seen!&nbsp; If I &quot;ball-parked&quot; how many that was over several decades, I&#039;d be accused of an exaggerated lie.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Key to this is examining actual coins.&nbsp; Internet photos are usually not sharp enough although they are helpful when a &quot;marker&quot; is large.&nbsp; For example, the only thing helpful on the Internet for this coin is the scalloped edge which shows nicely on the PCGS site. </p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE TO: [USER=299]@howards[/USER], [USER=1892]@SuperDave[/USER], [USER=78172]@Jim Johns[/USER], [USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>These are examples of two other coins that can be Identified using one only side.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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