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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1966472, member: 26302&quot;]Like others have noted Josh, its corrosion instead. They kinda sorta look a little alike, but after you have seen a few thousand of each your eye quickly determines which is which. This is not meant as a slam or a comment on your other thread. Its simply something that comes with more and more experience. If you have anyone you know who metal detects, ask to look at his coins before they get rid of them. Study how environmental damage affects coin surfaces. You will see this one exhibits classic patterns of being buried. Then look at a lot of cast fakes, using a loupe if needed. You will see how they are completely different looks and feelings of surface inconsistencies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another way to say it is casting bubbles from fake coins are bubbling to the surface, whereas being buried takes away a little of the surface. Two different reasons for surface irregularites, and maybe that helps thinking about the differences.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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