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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yerit, post: 1762318, member: 55502&quot;]I agree, but I also make sure I have the most current Red book, they give you all of the information needed for almost every US coin (Weight, composition, Diameter, edge type, mint locations, common errors, locations of mint marks.. etc). That and a good digital scale and you can usually tell if it is a fake. Every metal has a certain density and there fore every metal has a certain weight per mass. So if someone was to make a fake mold and lest say make a nickel Morgan, then plate it with silver your weight would be way off. Also there are a lot of commemorative coins made that look like the originals, but most do say &quot;COPY&quot; somewhere on them. If they are tampered with you usually will see some kind of odd marks, scratches or even mismatched color areas where the word &quot;COPY&quot; was masked over.&nbsp; Just buy carefully, a deal too good to be true is not a true deal!!![ATTACH]279132[/ATTACH]Can not go wrong!! </p><p>[ATTACH]279133[/ATTACH] Can not go wrong!!</p><p>[ATTACH]279134[/ATTACH]Usually good to go, but weigh it!!</p><p>[ATTACH]279135[/ATTACH]These are the ones to watch for!!! They are too good to be true!!! Very nice reproductions of the originals, but you will never see a real Morgan of this quality (Modern proof).</p><p>[ATTACH]279136[/ATTACH]inexpensive foreign made Commemorative.</p><p>[ATTACH]279137[/ATTACH]Be careful with these Spanish mil/ Pillar coins (1, 2, 4, 8 &amp; cut up Reales) there are a lot of fakes. </p><p>Do your research before you buy, and if you buy at auction, make sure they have a full refund policy!! If you get your winning&nbsp; coin and have it checked, if any doubts RETURN IT!!</p><p>I have done it with a lot of Morgan Dollars, they say that they are MS-PL ++ and you get it and look at it with a loop and see all kinds of hair line scratches after paying $1200.00 or more, I RETURN IT plane and simple!!!!</p><p>[ATTACH]279138[/ATTACH]I did it with this very coin!! When I got it and looked at it with a loop, it showed that someone tried to clean it, it left very fine hair lines all around the coin on both sides. A real true Morgan dollar in this condition should have a natural &quot;Cartwheel effect&quot; when you look at it in the light and move it. This one did not have original surfaces and did not have the &quot;Cartwheel effect&quot;. So I sent it back!! the picture looks nice and the writing... Well any one can write nice things, but are they true?!</p><p>I hope this will help you out, best of luck with your collection and enjoy what you get!! I have been collecting for over 40 years, and I still get a thrill when I open a package that comes to me. My current task is finishing my MS70 &amp; PR70 Silver Eagle Set. My next big set will be the 25th Anniversary 5 coin set in MS70 &amp; PR70/SP70/RP70. That is a sure way to make a top of the line collection!! I have all the Raw ungraded ones and the Government packaged Proof and Uncirculated ones and even some MS69 &amp; PR69. I just completed my 2013 MS70, PR70/RP70/SP70/and the new Enhanced Proof 70 for 2013. Just as a note, the Silver Eagle Bullion can be used for a Roth IRA and the same is true for Gold Bullion coins!! So you can collect them and deduct them on your taxes for Roth IRA deductions!!</p><p>[ATTACH]279139[/ATTACH]This is the set. They look like they are painted!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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