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Message:: [QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2172172, member: 72818"]Well, since no one has responded to that, I'll offer my understanding although it may be questionable since I posted the Op photo of my winning bid fake LOL The consensus seems to be that those examples, like mine, that display those three minimal 'red-flags' are 99-100% fakes...and those that have at least one or two of those characteristics are doubtful and probably fakes---although there's an obvious disagreement appears as to whether only one or more of those 'red-flags is the hallmark of a fake or merely of a variating style of a genuine coin. The consensus seems to be to purchase these coin types ONLY from Murphy or only those offered that DO NOT display any of the hair/disks or reverse issues. Those that do not are typically high Greek in the portraiture and galley representations----and are pricey, ranging from several hundred or even thousands of dollars; 'mine' was a VF in the $50- $75 range. So, I am not particularly in the market for a pricey version and I'll put that on my list of things to do at the bottom of my priority list. And, I'll use my Agora 'credit' for a future purchase of another type of coin that grabs my interest, I have no idea whether the coin Collect89 posted is real or not---but I'd 'guess' it was genuine merely by the exclusion of ALL those red-flags mine displayed. Obviously, I'd run it past Murphy for reassurance.[/QUOTE]