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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't see anything to indicate any of these coins are fakes, what are you seeing that makes you think they are?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Are you saying you think they used the reverse of a 1909-S IHC, which is even more valuable, to make a fake 1908-S cent? Doesn't seem likely. Not sure what you see that suggests a counterfeit. If you're looking at mintmark position, there were 8 reverse dies used in San Francisco that year, so the S position varied.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I really like to examine each coin raw, in hand under ideal point source lighting conditions, with a 10x loupe just as the TPGraders do.
Can't do that if they are slabbed, and you wish to confirm weight or have XRF tested. If slabbed, the best you can do is a visual inspection to make your own confirmation that the grader was right.
Much harder for us to decide if fake or not, from on screen pictures. Very difficult to photograph edges of coins that are slabbed.
Highest level of trust for slabs are for coins that were submitted by the top level numismatic auction houses, such as Heritage.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nothing evidently wrong about any of them to my eye.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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<<8 reverse dies used in San Francisco that year @Zurie, thank you, that might explain it, now, where can I find a list of these 8 varieties? Do you think this attached one in the photo is real and if so, which variety and grade would it be? I was also looking at the bottom of the ribbon to the left of the S and noticed a difference in addition to the position of the S itself. Would a change in variety only affect the position of the mint mark or could other things change also?  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unless there was a change to the master hub used, the only difference would be in the mint mark position, since it was punched into each working die separately after hubbing from the main design.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There can be minor differences from die to die due to die wear, die clashes, die lapping and polishing, and how sharply the die was made originally.
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