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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2597596, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Sorry to be late to the party and you guys took the fun out of it for revealing the answers so quickly.&nbsp; Some comments...</p><p><br /></p><p>Curtisimo posted: &quot;One of the main features coin experts use to determine a coin&#039;s authenticity is the surface.&nbsp; However, a lot of people who are newer to collecting ancients (including myself) have a hard time distinguishing between a <span style="color: #000000">rough surface of a genuine ancient coin and the tell-tell bubbles that give away a coin as a cast fake!</span></p><p>I thought it would be fun for some of us to post photos of a coin and the group can weigh in on wether it is <span style="color: #5900b3">casting bubbles or rough surface</span>.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">These are two different characteristics that look nothing alike. No need to explain what a rough surface is but the evidence of a casting (not as common as most decent fakes are now struck) are the raised seam joint on the edge, casting gates on the edge, smooth ROUND raised pimples or smooth ROUND depressions.&nbsp; There can also be a microscopic granularity to the surface or the surface is wavy (tooling can mimic or hide this characteristic).</span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">&nbsp;</span></p><p>John Anthony posted: &quot;Cast coins do not always have the characteristic bubbles.&quot;&nbsp; <span style="color: #0059b3">True.&nbsp; IMO, his coin is a counterfeit.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">I vote counterfeit on this one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Hope I&#039;m just blowing wind.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">IMO, this coin is a fake!&nbsp; The patina has also been applied to the coin.&nbsp; Note the bright brass color on the edge where it has chipped away.&nbsp; The round lump next to the &quot;P&quot; is the </span><span style="color: #ff0000">red flag</span><span style="color: #0059b3"> that kills it.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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