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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 373146, member: 11521"]The Oregon Trail Half is one of the more affordable Early US Commems so it is not as large a target of counterfeiters as, say, the Hawaiian or the Old Spanish Trail halves. Breen & Swiatek do not list any known counterfeits in their US Commem book BUT counterfeits may exist. </p><p> </p><p>I would recommend that you look for the standard indicators of counterfeits: improper weight, Specific Gravity or diminsions, porosity for cast coins, tool marks, repeating depressions, mushy details, etc. Whizzing or polishing may hide the counterfeit indicators.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 373146, member: 11521"]The Oregon Trail Half is one of the more affordable Early US Commems so it is not as large a target of counterfeiters as, say, the Hawaiian or the Old Spanish Trail halves. Breen & Swiatek do not list any known counterfeits in their US Commem book BUT counterfeits may exist. I would recommend that you look for the standard indicators of counterfeits: improper weight, Specific Gravity or diminsions, porosity for cast coins, tool marks, repeating depressions, mushy details, etc. Whizzing or polishing may hide the counterfeit indicators.[/QUOTE]
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