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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trants4md, post: 2047153, member: 37787&quot;]There is a difficulty in evaluating some of the 19th century Asian coins.&nbsp; Some 19th Century Coins were in fact originally &#039;<b>cast&#039;</b> in silver.&nbsp; So some minor imperfections <i><b>can be consistent with a genuine coin</b></i>. Though the flaws <b><i>will not repeat coin to coin.</i></b> It is only when you are able to find repeating flaws you get a clear picture it could well be a fake and as you know this is not always easy to get multiple examples at one time.&nbsp; Counterfeiter&#039;s do not typically line them up for sale, <i><u>at least not within one sales forum</u></i>.&nbsp; Your members here do a nice job reviewing past sales for some signs of problems, Kudo&#039;s to you all!</p><p><br /></p><p>But very small casting bubbles that were not in a primary focal area apparently were tolerated by some of the early minters, not all imperfect coins were re-melted and cast.&nbsp; <b><i>&#039;I do mean small&#039;</i></b> for those I have seen in my and other coin examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had &#039;self identified&#039; experts tell me one coin of mine especially was a fake because of one such casting bubble seen with a 10x.&nbsp; His take is <b>&quot;it was a cast coin, therefor it was a fake!&quot;</b>&nbsp; <i><u>Mr. Expert (and yes a friend) in that year they were cast coins !!.</u></i>&nbsp; LOL</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>This is not a coin I purchased</i></b>, it has been in the family for well over 65 years, was hand carried back from Japan and pre-dates most collectors interest in 19th Century Nippon coins <i>and I suspect predates anyone&#039;s need to counterfeit this one.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I am not an expert I only have about 55+ years of serious hoarding, I cannot say I collect, those days past in the 1960&#039;s when I filled both my Lincoln Wheat Cents Books.&nbsp; Hee Hee!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I have many thousands of world coins, and currency and I have sold exactly 2 coins in my entire life.&nbsp; So hoarder is the only noun that I fear fits.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><b>Also, I note many of these forum fake links are no longer working so either you are more effective than you think or someone has found a way to cover their tracks when the auction closes.</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>all[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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