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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3921295, member: 19165"]I think this is a fake. It is a well done fake, and thus it is fooling a lot of members here, but it is fake. </p><p><br /></p><p>Besides the die chips that Hoky77 has been pointing out, I'll direct your attention to a few other important areas. These are key to identifying fakes: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. The dentils. Compare the dentils on this coin to the dentils on the genuine coin below (PCGS VF-30, from Heritage). The dentils on the OP's are soft and fuzzy. Dentils on a genuine coin should usually be sharp and crisp (certain series and dates might not be, but as a general rule). Further, notice how the dentils seem to fade towards the rim - that is a quick clue its fake. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Notice the overall flatness of the design on the OP's coin, compared to the genuine coin below. The coin should have started out with relief, and then the wear flattens the details. The OP's fake coin looks like it started with a low relief - it was copied from a circulated coin and never actually had the relief. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. Notice the shallowness of the strike. What I mean by that - notice how the neck and nose seem to fade into the fields. Now, this absolutely does occur on genuine coins in later die states, but it just looks wrong here. </p><p><br /></p><p>4. Notice the texture of the coin around the left corn stalk. That fuzzy texture is just not something you'd expect to find on a genuine coin, especially at this grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>5. The "die chips" that have been mentioned, given the overall quality of the rest of the coin, are far more likely contact marks that were present on the die used to strike this counterfeit. In the process of transferring details from the host coin to the counterfeit die, the die received marks - which now appear as raised lumps in the fields of the counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>This isn't an exact science, but this coin just looks and feels wrong. It would probably fool a lot of people, including collectors - but that's what it was intended to do! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1033726[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3921295, member: 19165"]I think this is a fake. It is a well done fake, and thus it is fooling a lot of members here, but it is fake. Besides the die chips that Hoky77 has been pointing out, I'll direct your attention to a few other important areas. These are key to identifying fakes: 1. The dentils. Compare the dentils on this coin to the dentils on the genuine coin below (PCGS VF-30, from Heritage). The dentils on the OP's are soft and fuzzy. Dentils on a genuine coin should usually be sharp and crisp (certain series and dates might not be, but as a general rule). Further, notice how the dentils seem to fade towards the rim - that is a quick clue its fake. 2. Notice the overall flatness of the design on the OP's coin, compared to the genuine coin below. The coin should have started out with relief, and then the wear flattens the details. The OP's fake coin looks like it started with a low relief - it was copied from a circulated coin and never actually had the relief. 3. Notice the shallowness of the strike. What I mean by that - notice how the neck and nose seem to fade into the fields. Now, this absolutely does occur on genuine coins in later die states, but it just looks wrong here. 4. Notice the texture of the coin around the left corn stalk. That fuzzy texture is just not something you'd expect to find on a genuine coin, especially at this grade. 5. The "die chips" that have been mentioned, given the overall quality of the rest of the coin, are far more likely contact marks that were present on the die used to strike this counterfeit. In the process of transferring details from the host coin to the counterfeit die, the die received marks - which now appear as raised lumps in the fields of the counterfeit. This isn't an exact science, but this coin just looks and feels wrong. It would probably fool a lot of people, including collectors - but that's what it was intended to do! [ATTACH=full]1033725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1033726[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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