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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2691238, member: 71234&quot;]I was referring to the OP&#039;s coin specifically, but given the huge numbers of fakes of these Chinese dollar sized coins, which were among the first types to show up in the west 20 to 30&nbsp; years ago, I&#039;d almost want to have seen the coin struck to believe one is original,&nbsp; and every possible test should be performed. The weight alone will detect most of the fakes. Another clue I look for is having the wrong milling on the edge, hold an assortment of fakes of different coins as a roll and you can see they all have the same or very similar milling, whereas the real ones have a variety of types that are very obvious. The fakers do not bother to invest in an assoertment of milling dies (or whatever you call the part that creates the milled edge)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are also visual clues but I have&nbsp; never seen enough real ones to learn them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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