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Posted 11/10/2012 12:29 pm
zeevg,
Being the original person in this thread to call the coin definitely fake, I also want to apologize.
I have now looked at the picture further and I believe I see 3 other more subtle problems with the coin that would indicate it is being not genuine. Since the date is obvious enough, and since I don't want to help those faking such coins with feedback, I won't list them.
With the IHC series, luckily the mint changed the size, form, and slant of the date and numbers all the time. Fakers can't seem to figure it out and it makes it easier to identify those fakes.
This is clearly a modern Chinese fake. It's actually not a very good one, however, by their current standards. If this was made 10-15 years ago, I'd say they did alright, but the ones they are usually putting out these days can be pretty scary. This one is actually pretty wrong (mostly with the date once again).
Being the original person in this thread to call the coin definitely fake, I also want to apologize.
I have now looked at the picture further and I believe I see 3 other more subtle problems with the coin that would indicate it is being not genuine. Since the date is obvious enough, and since I don't want to help those faking such coins with feedback, I won't list them.
With the IHC series, luckily the mint changed the size, form, and slant of the date and numbers all the time. Fakers can't seem to figure it out and it makes it easier to identify those fakes.
This is clearly a modern Chinese fake. It's actually not a very good one, however, by their current standards. If this was made 10-15 years ago, I'd say they did alright, but the ones they are usually putting out these days can be pretty scary. This one is actually pretty wrong (mostly with the date once again).
