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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 7747484, member: 4373&quot;]Chopmark is pretty much a cheap way to test if the coin is not some plated base metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of genuine chopmark coin</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/957699.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a counterfeit example (with fake countermark)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/975844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scratches on gold coins did exist especially with gold plated platinum coins which did happen around 1870s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1030959.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of the gold plated platinum coins found today are intentionally scratched to expose the underlaying platinum. As of the origins of such coins, I do not know what counterfeiting group did it. These affected mainly Spain but France and GB were affected as well which are much scarcer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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