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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seymour Coins, post: 3697225, member: 106821&quot;]On the obverse, the small dots lining the circumference are irregular, particularly at 10 o’clock. This indicates that the metal entering the mold had too much viscosity to fill the entire cavity, leaving small bead shapes of various sizes. Overall the details on the coin are a bit soft, but I’d say those irregular dots at 10 o’clock confirm it’s a cast coin. I believe those coins should also have an edge design or writing (my half does), how does that look? There may be signs of a seam.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also posted a thread on this topic today relating to an 8 reale I bought that I have questions about.&nbsp; It really is a shame that counterfeits are so prolific. I’m tempted to just never buy coins over $20. But to address your question, I don’t know anything about specific modern counterfeiters, other than they’ve been cold forging actual planchettes (often with coin silver) for years now.&nbsp; There is also a percentage of copper and lead that will yield the correct weight.&nbsp; I would love to know what that alloy would have for a specific gravity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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