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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 421374, member: 13650&quot;]Irregular sized reeds on the edge is usually a dead give away.&nbsp; On the bottom pic, it looks like a wide one just from the right of center, compared to the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Also, in-between the raised portions, in the valleys, you should see fine, vertical scratch marks where the coin was removed from the press at the mint.&nbsp; From my understanding, they all should have these.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see them on this one.&nbsp; Granted, it may be a little hard to tell from the pic, but they are decent pics and should be easily visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Edit:&nbsp; Just thought I&#039;d add.... There is a seller on ebay that sells these loose now and then who is also a photographer and takes many pictures of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; His last pic is always a close up of the reeded edge and you can see the vertical scratch marks.&nbsp; I doubt these can be duplicated.&nbsp; I tried finding one of his auctions but he doesn&#039;t appear to have any out there right now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Much of what you have circled does appear to be spikes from tool marks.&nbsp; The edge on these aren&#039;t quite as obvious (size-wise) as many I&#039;ve seen in my counterfeit book, FWIW.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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