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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1925840, member: 26302&quot;]There are new machines that can copy the surfaces of coins, and replicate this into a die. Historically only cast coins, (since they are made from real coins), had the same markers, but had other evidence of being cast. Die struck fakes were made from fresh dies, so didn&#039;t have the same characteristics. However, there is now evidence of these new copy machines making dies from real coins, die characteristics and all. For evidence, there was an article a few months ago in the Numismatist documenting a coin with the correct die diagnostic for a certain date, but used on a different date. Luckily, the counterfeiter didn&#039;t want to make a new reverse die. However, that die used on the correct year will make a pretty convincing fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I think there are some fakes out there good enough to get past TPG&#039;s? Yeah, most likely. Just look at the Omega forgeries in the 70&#039;s that may never have been caught if the guy hadn&#039;t gotten cocky and marked the dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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