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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1245620, member: 17919&quot;]It could well be a fake. I had attributed the mushiness of the lettering to the hardness of the platinum and the 1861 coining technology. Unfortunately, I cannot find a picture of a genuine 1861 platinum issue for comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, if it&#039;s a contemporary counterfeit, it may well have been made with real platinum, which at the time was cheaper than the same amount of gold.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://legacy.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/190572" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://legacy.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/190572" rel="nofollow">http://legacy.stacks.com/Lot/ItemDetail/190572</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll weigh it when I have access to my scale. If it&#039;s fake and has no value as a contemporary counterfeit, I guess I can always take it back to the dealer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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