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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2421968, member: 1892&quot;]Well, those ain&#039;t terrible. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s why I&#039;m completely confident in its&#039; originality:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]502049[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Circled in red is a little tail to the bottom left of the 8. This is a known attribution pickup of the VAM-4 variety for the year. Circled in blue are clashing artifacts, known for this variety and very unlikely to show up on a counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Best yet:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]502050[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the center of the red circle you&#039;ll see a tiny bright white line running northwest-southeast on the coin. You wouldn&#039;t notice it unless you were looking specifically for it. This is the &quot;Pinned Wing&quot; die gouge noted for VAM-4A, not only a killer pickup for identifying the subvariety but also pretty near impossible to create on a counterfeit. It wouldn&#039;t survive a transferred-die process.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it&#039;s - to my mind - conclusively real. However, it&#039;s also dinged up and cleaned/polished, both of which would detract greatly from the retail value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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