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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2407979, member: 24314&quot;]The following is just my well-meaning <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> opinion:</p><p><br /></p><p>First, except in cases of VERY CRUDE naked-eye fakes, it is virtually impossible to authenticate a coin with photos - ESPECILLY BLURRED ONES LIKE THIS.&nbsp; So this will be a complete waste of time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing.&nbsp; Common on these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think not. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I can count the number of CAST FAKE U.S. gold coins I have seen or heard of since 1965 on two hands and I COLLECT COUNTERFEITS.&nbsp; I think I MAY have one crude cast in my collection. </p><p><br /></p><p>This &quot;cast fake&quot; nonsense started in the 1960&#039;s when noted and well regarded (yet ignorant) counterfeit detection &quot;Ex-Perts&quot; were teaching/writing/calling the poorly made MACHINE STRUCK U.S. gold coins that were flooding the market from the middle east: CAST COUNTERFEITS! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie25" alt=":blackeye:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie53" alt=":hungover:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, this myth has continued in spite of being PROVEN FALSE long, long ago around the time ANACS was established in DC.&nbsp; The coin in the OP MAY LOOK cast to some due to the very poor quality photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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