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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 795251, member: 4336&quot;]Nice find!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a thread I wrote on the subject, it may help you:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t56522/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t56522/">http://www.cointalk.com/t56522/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You may also want to read this thread I made, its about alterations of coins (removing/adding mintmarks, etc)\</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70426/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70426/">http://www.cointalk.com/t70426/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is both important to know what a genuine coin looks like, and how both the counterfeit and genuine coins are made.</p><p>A good book to learn this better would be Numismatic Forgery by Charles Larson</p><p>This book is more of a &#039;cook book&#039; on how counterfeits are made but it also goes over history of the minting process for genuine coins which is very useful.</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-For.../dp/0974237124" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-For.../dp/0974237124" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-For.../dp/0974237124</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some other good books:</p><p><a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Books/DetC...dBookOffer.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Books/DetC...dBookOffer.htm" rel="nofollow">http://koinpro.tripod.com/Books/DetC...dBookOffer.htm</a></p><p>I bought this book recently directly from Ken Potter.</p><p>It was a special where you order Strike it Rich with pocket change and get this counterfeit detection book free.</p><p>This book has a brief introduction and then goes over many examples of counterfeit gold coins with pictures to give you an idea of what to look for.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide.../dp/0375720502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide.../dp/0375720502" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide.../dp/0375720502</a></p><p>This book is made by PCGS and is EXCELLENT for both grading and understanding counterfeits by knowing what a genuine coin should look like.</p><p>This book focuses on more what geniune coins look like so anything that isn&#039;t looks suspect. Where as the next book focuses on what counterfeits look like. I recommend getting both so you have 2 sides of the spectrum.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=0794820077" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=0794820077" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....tID=0794820077</a></p><p>This book is by far my favorite book on counterfeit detection. It goes in depth and shows many examples.</p><p>I can&#039;t recommend it enough! Re-read it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, please read this thread that a fellow member and very knowledgeable member wrote, TheLostDutchMan, or Matt.</p><p>He posted a thread which he found gold counterfeit coins and they are all very deceptive. I thought I was pretty good at detecting them until I saw that thread!</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t71113-7/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t71113-7/">http://www.cointalk.com/t71113-7/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I don&#039;t know if you can but try and take a class on the subject. You will learn alot and get to examine counterfeit gold coins, lots of them. I took the Conservation, Grading and authentication class at the ANA&#039;s show in phoenix last year. The authentication part was only 1 day (8 hours) but I learned alot and best of all got to examine lots of counterfeit US Gold coins. It was a great learning experience. Even better, try and take the 2 week counterfeit detection course in colorado springs CO in the summer seminiar. I&#039;m saving up money for it and hope to take it next year. Just imagine how much you will learn from that![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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