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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcore, post: 355134, member: 2949&quot;]Leadfoot and others,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I do not personally have a counterfeit gold dollar. However, I have the book entitled <i>United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide</i> by Bill Fivaz. In it, he states that the 1868 is the most common date of counterfeit gold dollars. He shows many pictures on pages 35 and 36 of the book. One of the keys are mushy/weak/fatty details, which I feel this coin has. The surface of the coin in question looks just like some of the coins in the pictures in the book. I can&#039;t pick out some of the other diagnostic features, but I believe it&#039;s because the pictures in the auction don&#039;t show enough detail. Other diagnostics include spikes around the rims and certain die breaks. More investigation would really be needed (seeing the coin in hand) to make a more positive diagnosis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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