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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 121352, member: 4373&quot;]I am guessing that it&#039;s probably hand engraved, and indeed it is very troubling. I checked it against a genuine Japanese 1 yen and the only difference is with it&#039;s claw, but that&#039;s because it wasn&#039;t engraved properly. Other than that, it is indeed a well done counterfeit die. </p><p><br /></p><p>What recently happened last year was that there was a craze over a counterfeited 2005 silver 10 yuan panda, except it was minted in such a way that it was double struck and 20% off, which send the bidders into some frenzy mode. Picturewise, I was equally fooled too. But wait a minute, on a government PROOF coin that is 20% off and double struck??? That&#039;s almost impossible unless one of the mint employeers decided to fool around, but that almost rarely happens as you can get executed unde the new Chinese law. Final price went over the 500 dollar mark if I remember right, and the seller in Taiwan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, when that coin was sent to PCGS if I remember right, that coin was deemed as a counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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