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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 361947, member: 13650&quot;]Thanks for the reply.&nbsp; My original concern was with this statement:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&quot;Bag marks and scratches are random and theoretically <b>no two coins should have the same bag marks and scratches</b>. So when you find a struck counterfeit coin with depressions made by the dies you know that the depressions will be repeated on other coins struck by the same dies. That is why they are called &quot;repeating depressions&quot;. &quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; But if nobody&#039;s showed you that a particular coin is a counterfeit, repeating depressions is a moot point.&nbsp; I know what it means but it only helps you after you identify one.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;There could be a hundred different types of counterfeits for the 1909-D.&nbsp; You can&#039;t just go by the pictures in this book except for a reference to look for, as you said, the depressions with rounded edges that have luster.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; Can you spot them well just by looking at blown up pictures on ebay?&nbsp; It seems to me it would be a tough thing to spot unless you had the coin in person.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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