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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3791491, member: 19463"][ATTACH=full]1012570[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This post drove me to get out my similar coin purchased over 30 years ago and examine the edges. This is what I saw. Remember that coin flans were cast and sometimes retain signs of that casting unless they were filed or worn smooth in circulation. I wish every cast fake had as obvious an edge 'situation' as the one shown by Al. This image is a seven image stack to allow focus to follow the curve a bit better. The harder we look at coins, the more likely we are to talk ourselves in or out of a decision. I own four classes of coins:</p><p>1. Coins I am certain are fake</p><p>2. Coins I am unsure whether they are fake (90-10, 50-50, 10-90 etc.)</p><p>3. Coins I am nearly certain are genuine</p><p>4. Coins I used to be 100% certain were genuine but am getting less and less certain about anything the older I get </p><p>There was a time that many of my class four coins were thought to be genuine without question because I bought them from honest and knowledgeable persons but, again as I age, I increasingly realize that we all slip up now and again so I no longer have any 'bet your life on' status coins. What do you see here?</p><p>Click to enlarge.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3791491, member: 19463"][ATTACH=full]1012570[/ATTACH] This post drove me to get out my similar coin purchased over 30 years ago and examine the edges. This is what I saw. Remember that coin flans were cast and sometimes retain signs of that casting unless they were filed or worn smooth in circulation. I wish every cast fake had as obvious an edge 'situation' as the one shown by Al. This image is a seven image stack to allow focus to follow the curve a bit better. The harder we look at coins, the more likely we are to talk ourselves in or out of a decision. I own four classes of coins: 1. Coins I am certain are fake 2. Coins I am unsure whether they are fake (90-10, 50-50, 10-90 etc.) 3. Coins I am nearly certain are genuine 4. Coins I used to be 100% certain were genuine but am getting less and less certain about anything the older I get There was a time that many of my class four coins were thought to be genuine without question because I bought them from honest and knowledgeable persons but, again as I age, I increasingly realize that we all slip up now and again so I no longer have any 'bet your life on' status coins. What do you see here? Click to enlarge. [ATTACH=full]1012957[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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