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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnny54321, post: 701077, member: 13342&quot;]Very interesting thread. I hope you don&#039;t mind if I interject with a coin of my own that I purchased long ago and have been &quot;suspicious&quot; about for a while.&nbsp; I purchased the &quot;Bill Fivaz United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide&quot; several months ago, and have been learning many things since then.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now looking at the coin in question, the first thing that immediately draws your attention is the raised lines on liberty&#039;s neck. They are quite obvious. I for sure thought they were signs of a counterfeit coin, but according to the Fivaz guide for this particular date on page 20 it states &quot;The severe raised lines by Liberty&#039;s ear and jaw are not counterfeit diagnostics for this coin; genuine specimins may exhibit this characteristic&quot;...it then shows a photo of the same characteristics that my coin exhibits. Soooo, that kind of leaves me wondering. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as tooling marks or raised lines, there is one blem on the reverse that I have highlighted. This coin has many scratches that appear to be post mint, and the two depressions beneath the portrait appear post mint as well since there is luster in the surrounding fields and none within the depression. I may be wrong though. To be honest, there is enough suspicious stuff going on with this coin to leave me thinking it is likely a fake(so I wont be bummed if I&#039;m told it is), but I haven&#039;t found something that absolutely nails the coffin shut. Hopefully some of you have the Fivaz guide so you can see the illustrations and compare. Opinions? Should I try to get some better photos?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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