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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3320130, member: 26302"]Why do you think that? The one from Alibaba looked good, and I have seen in hand other fakes made from coated tungsten. They looked like very good fakes. Most high quality fakes I have seen of gold are tungsten based.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are ways, I believe electrical, to tell. However, it would basically pass weight, size, and SG tests. Most would stop there UNLESS they know enough about the coin to identify problems with the design. Again, we are back to knowledge of the coin design is one of the ultimate protections a buyer can have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, I do agree radial lines and a fancy privy mark helps. Any additional coin detail added, especially high engraving, does help because it makes it all the more harder for fakers to accurately copy. In the end, though, anything like this ultimately takes a trained eye to catch the errors the fakers make. Yes, radial lines make it harder, but the lines themselves are not doing anything unless you know exactly what they should look like, just like the maple leaf, or a Britannia, or a lady walking. Benjamin Franklin invented leaf printing, and someone made a comment how he forever prevented counterfeiting. Ben said that as long as people will not examine the notes, counterfeiters will always have a "customer".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3320130, member: 26302"]Why do you think that? The one from Alibaba looked good, and I have seen in hand other fakes made from coated tungsten. They looked like very good fakes. Most high quality fakes I have seen of gold are tungsten based. There are ways, I believe electrical, to tell. However, it would basically pass weight, size, and SG tests. Most would stop there UNLESS they know enough about the coin to identify problems with the design. Again, we are back to knowledge of the coin design is one of the ultimate protections a buyer can have. Btw, I do agree radial lines and a fancy privy mark helps. Any additional coin detail added, especially high engraving, does help because it makes it all the more harder for fakers to accurately copy. In the end, though, anything like this ultimately takes a trained eye to catch the errors the fakers make. Yes, radial lines make it harder, but the lines themselves are not doing anything unless you know exactly what they should look like, just like the maple leaf, or a Britannia, or a lady walking. Benjamin Franklin invented leaf printing, and someone made a comment how he forever prevented counterfeiting. Ben said that as long as people will not examine the notes, counterfeiters will always have a "customer".[/QUOTE]
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