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Message:: [QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 20172740, member: 93371"]Yes, the font differences of the counterfeit on the left compared to the genuine example on the right. But, the slab is decent and the barcode scans correctly on it. Fortunately the on-line cert, which of course has no image does have a past auction listed and link to the Heritage one, so images to compare to. For anyone who has read mine or other's articles on these, the "bite marks" on the throat of the "Vampire Counterfeits" are diagnostic of the fakes; the counterfeiters have made "coins" using this design from 1795 through 1799, but the 1795 is obviously the most deceptive since it was taken from a genuine host example. This counterfeit can be seen in my unpinned post in PCGS's CU Forum on known counterfeit PCGS holders. The next image is of another bad example, purchased by a friend around 2011; he unfortunately got burned for $9K on it. At the time he petitioned PCGS to start adding notes to the on-line cert (like NGC now does) stating known fakes of that cert number- a suggestion that still bears merit now... [ATTACH=full]1540278[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1540279[/ATTACH] The barcode of this earlier fake does not read the cert correctly, so the counterfeiters are getting better with that... [ATTACH=full]1540281[/ATTACH] The current listing was reported and removed. Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]