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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 45046, member: 669&quot;]As with any counterfeits, they keep getting better and better, and as people spot what&#039;s wrong, the bad guys try to fix the problem.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some counterfeits are obvious - they are too heavy, too light, too wide, too narrow, they are castings when they should be struck, etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some are fairly easy to spot - the legends are misspelled, design elements are added, design elements are missing, characters are not correctly styled, etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some are difficult to spot unless you are an expert - there are subtle differences in the position of characters or design elements, for example.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And some are so good that they either fool the experts, or are discovered only by extraordinary means such as microscopic examination.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, to directly answer your question - sometimes yes, sometimes no.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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