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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 500671, member: 11521&quot;]Welcome to CoinTalk, JP. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very few exceptions every counterfeit coin can be detected by a properly-trained numismatist with the right tools and knowledge. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example - - - Except for a true MS-70 or PF-70, every coin has defects. If counterfeit dies are made by exactly copying a genuine coin those defects will be copied to the dies. When counterfeit coins are struck from those counterfeit dies every one of them will have the identical defect. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Suppose the host coin has a hit in the field and counterfeit dies were made by precisely copying the host coin. Every counterfeit coin made from those counterfeit dies will have this &quot;repeating depression&quot;. The hit on the host coin will show raw metal where the surface was damaged BUT the repeating depressions on the counterfeit coins will have luster in them because the repeating depressions were struck with the coin. And, as the fake coins are documented, the repeating depressions will be added to the list of markers to look for because every coin made from those dies will have those repeating depressions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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