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<p>[QUOTE="rzage, post: 1925467, member: 14070"]1st thing that hit me was the lack of sharpness in all the details , the lettering should be more squared where this coins details are rounded and mushy . Check this coin to a known real one and you'll see what I mean . A real coin will be sharper in every way . Also look at the dentils and IN TRUST , you can see the graininess . I'd love to see the 3rd side (rim) to check the reeding , I'm sure there's problems with that too either irregular widths of the reeding or an overlap where they started or finished . If they are of uniform width look at the bottom of the reeding . It should be sharp , also on larger coins you should see a line at the bottom going in the same direction as the reeding . Of course you'll only see this on real coins or high end fakes , which is a whole different can of worms where you'll need to know the die characteristics of that particular date , mm and series . I hope I explained this well enough , if not just ask .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rzage, post: 1925467, member: 14070"]1st thing that hit me was the lack of sharpness in all the details , the lettering should be more squared where this coins details are rounded and mushy . Check this coin to a known real one and you'll see what I mean . A real coin will be sharper in every way . Also look at the dentils and IN TRUST , you can see the graininess . I'd love to see the 3rd side (rim) to check the reeding , I'm sure there's problems with that too either irregular widths of the reeding or an overlap where they started or finished . If they are of uniform width look at the bottom of the reeding . It should be sharp , also on larger coins you should see a line at the bottom going in the same direction as the reeding . Of course you'll only see this on real coins or high end fakes , which is a whole different can of worms where you'll need to know the die characteristics of that particular date , mm and series . I hope I explained this well enough , if not just ask .[/QUOTE]
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