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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gatzdon, post: 217495, member: 8247&quot;]I&#039;ve found many of these missing edge inscription errors and when trying to sell them, many a dealer was frustrated by my response whenever they would make a comment regarding authenticity of the coins.&nbsp; I would tell them that if they can&#039;t tell, then they have no business buying them.&nbsp; Many would take it as an insult, but it is a cold truth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint spec for the planchet weight is too broad to discriminate by weight.&nbsp; The reality is that anyone could go through thousands of coins and only start with the heavy planchets.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only method I can tell is to measure diameter to 4 significant digits (3 if your measuring in mm).</p><p><br /></p><p>Visual inspection is probably good enough for all but the best fakes as it is probably too difficult to put the vertical ejection lines back on the coin along with the bag marks without damaging the coins surface, but of course these coins are so trashed to begin with, I imagine it&#039;s still possible to make a forgery with those characteristics, I just think that a person with that skill doesn&#039;t need to commit a felony for some $50 extra bucks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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