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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 407149, member: 12789&quot;]It is very difficult to discern the fakes from the originals when they were both made the same manner, ie casting.&nbsp; The main difference comes in wear and ageing, but lately the &quot;coining specialists&quot; in China have gotten pretty good at ageing these &quot;cash&quot; coins.&nbsp; When I was there, I never bought them unless I knew for a fact that they were common, and priced inexpensively.&nbsp; Curiously when you found obvious fakes, the prices were higher and sellers were inflexible on negotiating prices.&nbsp; It was as though they were trying to convince you of the coins authenticity by standing firm on price.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should see the warning signs when people there are inflexible on haggling a price.&nbsp; I tended to find that haggling on price was the way to go, and always drive a hard bargain and use the walk away as a tool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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