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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 70587, member: 669&quot;]Well isn&#039;t that a chicken/egg situation?&nbsp; To really know the series well, you have to see many of them up close.&nbsp; For those forumites who don&#039;t live near a friendly, knowledgeable dealer, doing that is problematic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been forced to learn a little about US and British Trade Dollars in conjunction with studying the Japanese TDs, and after some years of reading about them, looking at coin forum posts about them, and talking with other collectors about them, I still feel woefully inadequate when faced with a buy/don&#039;t buy decision, especially when they&#039;re not in those infernal slabs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>What I <i>have</i> learned is that there are far more fakes out there than genuine pieces, and that a large portion of those fakes can be instantly detected by the simple technique of checking weight and diameter! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Many more can be detected by careful examination of the surfaces and the &quot;third side&quot;, where evidence of casting shows up.</p><p><br /></p><p>That leaves a large number that siimply can&#039;t be authenticated without direct examination of the coin by an expert. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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