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<p>[QUOTE="Haren, post: 3365139, member: 101492"]This is interesting topic and I 100% agree. There are many fakes unfortunately on the market more on Ebay but don't think that famous auctions houses or VCoins are free of fakes. I personally pointed few dealers and auction houses to fakes they had for sale some removed it some did not. I think these days best way to detect for certainty is a combination of few observations (XRF, Strike vs Cast signs, Surface analysis under 20X magnification etc) As for the coin you put it is obvious fake. The disjoint on the bust is one of the signs. The nose, mouth of bust are disconnected to the bust. Also the characters on the legend are wrong style and modern looking very uniform. Also the surface is mushy .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Haren, post: 3365139, member: 101492"]This is interesting topic and I 100% agree. There are many fakes unfortunately on the market more on Ebay but don't think that famous auctions houses or VCoins are free of fakes. I personally pointed few dealers and auction houses to fakes they had for sale some removed it some did not. I think these days best way to detect for certainty is a combination of few observations (XRF, Strike vs Cast signs, Surface analysis under 20X magnification etc) As for the coin you put it is obvious fake. The disjoint on the bust is one of the signs. The nose, mouth of bust are disconnected to the bust. Also the characters on the legend are wrong style and modern looking very uniform. Also the surface is mushy .[/QUOTE]
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