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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 634206, member: 7638&quot;]Fakes abound, this one looks fairly typical. Here is a link to a genuine on on Heritage, I chose it because it is au details and has been polished- the coin in question has odd surfaces, so I didn&#039;t think that an MS example was appropriate. </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1125&amp;Lot_No=9069&amp;src=pr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1125&amp;Lot_No=9069&amp;src=pr" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1125&amp;Lot_No=9069&amp;src=pr</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As Mark pointed out, note the very weak central detail on the suspect compared with the genuine coin, and yet the fake has sharp rim detail (even a bit of a &#039;wire rim&#039;). To my eyes, the lettering does not &quot;pop&quot; and look sharp and square edged as on the genuine item. The surfaces display a look I call &quot;Beijing mint frost&quot; because it has a weird, artificial look to it that comes from either an acid bath or the behavior of the alloy used to make the coin. It is not due to metal flow lines as on a genuine coin. It also, to my eye, does not look like the surface of the polished coin. These things are everywhere on the internet, some have even been put in fake pcgs or anacs slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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