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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dave Loder, post: 3150748, member: 93461&quot;]Having pored over the ksparrow article regarding the many and varied examples of US Trade Dollars, I was definitely taken aback. Having been entrusted with an example for evaluation by a neighbor, I read &amp; re-read the article while comparing the specimen for any types of poorly duplicated details. Looking at the 1871-s date, it&#039;s not a valid year. Later, seeing the poor lack of uniformity in the 360 degrees of the obverse I knew just what I was looking at.</p><p>Never having had the opportunity for any comparisons, and further - the non-genuine example I was holding as a first, the plain truth became more and more obvious. Fake coin!! </p><p>Anyway, now before ever acquiring a genuine specimen it&#039;s got to be authenticated by an expert. The weight and exact dimension will be the next piece of authentication I may use myself once the essential devices are added to my &#039;workshop&#039; of numismatic items.</p><p>Thanks again and hope to read more articles like this one regarding the many ways to detect known ways in which the counterfeiters have cleverly tried to &#039;dupe&#039; those of us who are serious numismatists.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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