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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 4628118, member: 7638&quot;]A couple of years ago, I thought I had spotted a rare 1875-s &quot;micro s&quot;</p><p>(raw) on a west coast seller&#039;s site.&nbsp; The photos while not large looked ok. Once I received the coin, on close inspection it showed a number of fake &quot;tells.&quot; </p><p>&nbsp;photos in 2x2: doesn&#039;t look too bad.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145275[/ATTACH]</p><p>here are a couple of closeups:&nbsp; note the tiny metal &quot;beads&quot; attached to some of the letters on the obv, and the mushy dentils and letters on the rev.You can also see some &quot;holes&quot; in some rev. letters and numbers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Bottom line, a decent fake can fool you with standard size images, and sometimes you have to really drill down to the details to determine authenticity.&nbsp; There was also some red paint or something in a couple of spots, which was unusual and made me more suspicious, although not in itself a sign of a forgery. [ATTACH=full]1145277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1145279[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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