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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1290399, member: 112&quot;]Actually, they aren&#039;t. The edge design was always added after the coin was struck.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes and no. Because the edge design was added post strike it is quite common for the edge design to intrude into the denticles. The edge design could also push the denticles, by actually bending the metal, in towards the legends. Both things commonly happened.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yes, it can be a diagnostic of a fake, but is by no means a definitive diagnostic. This is partially because of what I noted above. But it is also because of the differences in the dies. The dies for these coin were carved, 1 by 1, by hand. So no two of them are ever identical. It is not at all unusual for some of them to have the portions of the legends closer to the denticles than others. And some may even intrude into the denticles because they were carved that way.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Your reasoning is in error for the reasons explained above.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to post some pictures (it may take more than 1 post) of coins I used to own, all 100% genuine. Some of these will show the edge design intruding into the denticles. Others will show the legends touching or intruding into the denticles. Some will show them not doing so. And one will show an off-center 1766 M 8 reales.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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