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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8145966, member: 24314&quot;]My boss just sold his coin with this write up:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The $20 High Relief “Omega” counterfeits first entered the market around the time of the 1972 ANA convention.&nbsp; Shortly after, one was sent to the Certification Service in Washington, DC.&nbsp; The coin was examined there but the authenticators did not reach an immediate conclusion.&nbsp; Soon, another specimen was submitted.&nbsp; The authenticators held the coins for study and one day while trying to authenticate the coins Michael Fazzari raised the power of his Nikon Stereo Microscope to 40X and found unusual intertwined marks on the eagle’s wing that he had never seen before on any genuine gold coin. Next, he noticed what looked like a “lint mark” in the eagle’s claw shaped like a skull and crossbones.&nbsp; When he showed his findings of the tiny tool marks on both coins where the counterfeit die was touched-up, the authenticators confirmed that the coins were both brand new “State-of-the-art” counterfeits.&nbsp; The Director of the Service, (Charles Hoskins) noted that the mark in the claw looked like the Greek letter “Omega.”&nbsp; Both coins were taken to the Treasury Department where they agreed the authenticators had discovered a new counterfeit. Apparently, the counterfeiter had signed his excellent copy.&nbsp; Today, the maker of this fake and others remains unknown although a column appeared in the Numismatist magazine titled “Mr. Omega Please Write.”&nbsp; Hoskins and Fazzari wished to compliment on his masterful copy.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he never contacted them and the maker of this notorious fake remains unknown.&nbsp; Here is a chance to own a specimen of this famous counterfeit in an ICG Educational Holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wormy tool marks that were found on one generation of fake gold coins, After a short time, the counterfeiters did not leave these marks on their dies. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1420695[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>PS I&#039;m allowed to say it sold for over 3K.&nbsp; BTY, in 1974 I could have bought a gem Unc (by my critical standards of NO TRACE OF WEAR) genuine HR for $4500!&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have the money.&nbsp; Yeah, yeah, I know and at one time the movies cost a quarter. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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