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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8049500, member: 110226&quot;]Some fakes are showing up &quot;stressed&quot;, with abrasions and rough surfaces produced as a means to make the fake more plausible as a genuine coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re right about the flatness that characterizes these fakes when produced by pressing, as opposed to striking.&nbsp; I guess that is the most economical way to produce these coins, compared to producing dies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing that is apparent with this seller, and others on eBay, is that their coins often show identical obverses and reverses across many coins, with sometimes the same obverse used for a different reverse, such as these two coins, from the same seller mentioned in the OP:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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