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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1431098, member: 15445&quot;]#1</p><p>If you cannot detect fake &amp; altered coins for yourself, then you should be very careful regarding what you sell &amp; how you sell it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>#2 </p><p>If an expert informs you about a coin being fake, then you cannot represent it as being a real coin.&nbsp; (Selling a coin that you know to be fake is illegal). </p><p><br /></p><p>#3</p><p>The coin you have posted looks suspect to me.&nbsp; I’m not saying it is fake, I am saying that it looks suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4</p><p>IMO, you should inspect the weight.&nbsp; You should accurately measure the diameter.&nbsp; You should inspect the reeding &amp; compare it to the reeding on a known good dollar.&nbsp; You should look for ANY positive bumps in all of the field areas.&nbsp; (A pimple or any raised bump in the field areas is not indicative of a true mint product).&nbsp; You should look for mushy details in areas that are lower in relief (not the high points that could be worn).&nbsp; You should check if it is attracted to a magnet.&nbsp; You should look for tooling marks around the denticles and devices.&nbsp; You should look for sharp denticle definition.&nbsp; You should look for casting bubbles.&nbsp; You should perform a ring test by placing the coin on your finger-tip &amp; tapping it with a pencil to confirm that it rings (not tinks).</p><p><br /></p><p>#5</p><p>I&#039;ll tell you what imediately doesn&#039;t look right to me.&nbsp; Look at the rim of the coin at 12:00.&nbsp; Why does it appear rough &amp; different that the rim at say 6:00?&nbsp; Also, aren&#039;t there bumps in the field areas on the obverse?&nbsp; I see mushy details where I would expect to see sharper struck details in lower relief.&nbsp; The base of some stars exhibit the mushy details.&nbsp; The coin just looks wrong to me [nice but wrong].&nbsp; Maybe it looks different in hand.&nbsp; You should get trained in counterfeit detection or show it to an expert.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many types of counterfeit coins (cast, struck, electrotype, spark erosion, etc).&nbsp; If you are going to buy &amp; sell coins you should try to learn the characteristics of all fakes.&nbsp; The counterfeiters are getting better &amp; better every day.&nbsp; They can fool the best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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