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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2892257, member: 19463&quot;]I have a question for all who have seen fake owls and recognized them as fakes.&nbsp; We here on Coin Talk are shown many coins of many types and asked if they are real or fake.&nbsp; Some modern fakes are struck or pressed from modern dies engraved with varying degrees of skill.&nbsp; Some modern fakes are cast from molds made from a genuine coin.&nbsp; Sometimes this last type is diagnosed when we find an exact duplicate identical in every little detail (cracks, flaws, centering --- everything).&nbsp; Of all the modern fake owls we have been shown here, I can not remember one by that was a cast made from a genuine original.&nbsp; We see casts but they tend to be the low end fakes we call &#039;tourist fakes&#039;.&nbsp; We see struck fakes from crude dies and rather professional ones that often are obvious because the style is beautiful (but not at all like the ancient diecutters did) and struck on large flans that very few real coins could match.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Where are the fakes made from a mold taken from a nice, genuine tetradrachm?&nbsp; What market factor keeps these from being a serious problem in the hobby?&nbsp; Ideas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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