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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2492631, member: 24314&quot;]Those coins appear struck not cast.&nbsp; Also see Post#2.&nbsp; A decent cast will pick-up the metal flow found on the genuine coin it was made from.&nbsp; Problem is, metal flow from striking occurs in various stages depending on many factors.&nbsp; In authentication, using high magnification, a struck coin usually will have very fine flow lines that cannot be readily transferred.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately for collectors, decades ago when the first poorly struck counterfeits were appearing, many experts claimed they were casts, and much of this misinformation persists to this day!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">EDIT: </span><span style="color: #000000">If FORVM (whatever that is) has the coins in hand and finds a seam around the edge or finds typical &quot;casting crystallization&quot; (&quot;spider web&quot;) I&#039;ll stand corrected.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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