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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 695968, member: 4336&quot;]As a general rule, you should know what both looks like. But the key here is, if you know what a genuine coin looks like, its details, its nuaises, down to a tee, <b>anything that doesn&#039;t look like this is suspect.</b>. An example of this would be color for a paticular year...some US gold coins have different colors, because such mints such as Dahnolega and other old mints put more silver into their coins, giving them a different hue. If you know your series well, anything less is suspect.</p><p><br /></p><p>But also its important to know counterfeit diagnoses, knowing where to find tool marks, depressions and how to spot them and how they different from contact marks, weak/mushy details are all important.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bill Fivaz has wrote a book on US counterfeit gold, and he focuses on what a counterfeit coin should look like. PCGS Guide to grading and counterfeit detection focuses on what a genuine coin should look like. Get both, you can&#039;t go wrong!:hammer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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