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<p>[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 4800456, member: 112417"]That's a great question and it is not easy to answer, but to start off, and I am not being a smart-you-know-what here, two working eyes and a working brain--and a magnifying glass. And a scale if you have one. The weights on the fakes are usually wrong. Surfaces often look pitted or "Pimply" indicating they had been cast and not struck. Many fakes that are made of base metal will stick to a magnet whereas silver will not. That's just for starters. Anything that looks "off" should be a red flag. Experience is a good teacher, too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="manny9655, post: 4800456, member: 112417"]That's a great question and it is not easy to answer, but to start off, and I am not being a smart-you-know-what here, two working eyes and a working brain--and a magnifying glass. And a scale if you have one. The weights on the fakes are usually wrong. Surfaces often look pitted or "Pimply" indicating they had been cast and not struck. Many fakes that are made of base metal will stick to a magnet whereas silver will not. That's just for starters. Anything that looks "off" should be a red flag. Experience is a good teacher, too.[/QUOTE]
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