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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1633131, member: 24544"]If it has obverse and reverse diagnostics of a known variety I am inclined to agree it's probably real. It's the same way with large cents, most counterfeiters have a single master obverse and reverse hub, often not from the same coin. All they do is change the date, so it's not uncommon to have a whole run 1831, 1832, 1833, etc. with one obverse variety from one year (say 1831n3), paired with a reverse die from a different variety (say 1827n1).</p><p><br /></p><p>Single best method I have found to spot fakes, know your die varieties as they are almost never faked correctly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1633131, member: 24544"]If it has obverse and reverse diagnostics of a known variety I am inclined to agree it's probably real. It's the same way with large cents, most counterfeiters have a single master obverse and reverse hub, often not from the same coin. All they do is change the date, so it's not uncommon to have a whole run 1831, 1832, 1833, etc. with one obverse variety from one year (say 1831n3), paired with a reverse die from a different variety (say 1827n1). Single best method I have found to spot fakes, know your die varieties as they are almost never faked correctly.[/QUOTE]
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