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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7899568, member: 19463"]I see no way that this involves a die transfer forgery. It would be a cast if it is fake. I'm suspecting the lower coin has residue from polishing compound leaving a waxy residue in places rather than dirt. The easy answer is that cast fakes were made and the surfaces were buffed down to make them look 'better'. Another case is that a decent original was abused to the point that it is not worth a tenth of the Leu price. I can't say I <i>know </i>which is the case so I fail the quiz. It is possible to take two coins, one real and one fake and polish them both to a point where they both look terrible. In a practical sense, I would have to 'value' the bottom coin as if it were the 'processed' cast fake. I hope the top coin still exists. It is too nice to have been destroyed. Are there people stupid enough to buy a coin for 1400CHF and give it a good scrub and polish? Yes. The answer here may come when we see another coin matching the bottom one. Fakers tend to make more than one while they are at it. Also, the answer would come if the top coin shows up in the hands of another auction seller using a different photo than the Leu image. Could the difference between the to be entirely in the photo quality. Would it be possible to take a photo of that top coin so terrible that it looked like the bottom while the coin remained unchanged? Never underestimate to power of poor photography. Did the coin sell on eBay? Either way, we need to watch for it to be offered again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7899568, member: 19463"]I see no way that this involves a die transfer forgery. It would be a cast if it is fake. I'm suspecting the lower coin has residue from polishing compound leaving a waxy residue in places rather than dirt. The easy answer is that cast fakes were made and the surfaces were buffed down to make them look 'better'. Another case is that a decent original was abused to the point that it is not worth a tenth of the Leu price. I can't say I [I]know [/I]which is the case so I fail the quiz. It is possible to take two coins, one real and one fake and polish them both to a point where they both look terrible. In a practical sense, I would have to 'value' the bottom coin as if it were the 'processed' cast fake. I hope the top coin still exists. It is too nice to have been destroyed. Are there people stupid enough to buy a coin for 1400CHF and give it a good scrub and polish? Yes. The answer here may come when we see another coin matching the bottom one. Fakers tend to make more than one while they are at it. Also, the answer would come if the top coin shows up in the hands of another auction seller using a different photo than the Leu image. Could the difference between the to be entirely in the photo quality. Would it be possible to take a photo of that top coin so terrible that it looked like the bottom while the coin remained unchanged? Never underestimate to power of poor photography. Did the coin sell on eBay? Either way, we need to watch for it to be offered again.[/QUOTE]
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