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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 216417, member: 669&quot;]<img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk dragontattos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t think that a really well made post-mint grind-off can be distinguished from a genuine smoothie without a high precision digital caliper that can measure down to the &lt;1/2 millimeter depth of the edge lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not convinced that if the fake is sandwiched between two known genuine coins, the difference would be visible to the eye, or distinguishable by touch.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m wrong, but I think you would have to measure the suspect and the known and if the suspect is at all smaller, reject it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We had a recent thread in which a smoothie was made for experimental purposes, and the weight difference was so close to being in tolerance, that I wouldn&#039;t rely on it, even with a scale accurate to .01g.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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