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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 420574, member: 66"]That is the key point. When they discuss counterfeit and talk about "repeated depressions" some people think they mean a coin with many depressions on it. Actually they mean multiple coins each with the exact same depressions on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>there are only two ways for a coin to have a depression on it and that is for tere to be some kind of a hit or damage to the coin, or for there to be a raised area on the die. And that would be most unusual. But if they are from hits or contacts you are NOT going to get multiple coins that all show the same marks like these do. that happens when contact marks from one coin are tranferred to the counterfeit die made from it. Then all of the coins created from those dies will show the same depressions. That definitely seems to be the case here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just remember, genuine coins can also show tool marks too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 420574, member: 66"]That is the key point. When they discuss counterfeit and talk about "repeated depressions" some people think they mean a coin with many depressions on it. Actually they mean multiple coins each with the exact same depressions on them. there are only two ways for a coin to have a depression on it and that is for tere to be some kind of a hit or damage to the coin, or for there to be a raised area on the die. And that would be most unusual. But if they are from hits or contacts you are NOT going to get multiple coins that all show the same marks like these do. that happens when contact marks from one coin are tranferred to the counterfeit die made from it. Then all of the coins created from those dies will show the same depressions. That definitely seems to be the case here. Just remember, genuine coins can also show tool marks too.[/QUOTE]
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