Counterfeit Morgan and/or Peace Dollar Detection
jesbroken
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I've asked this before and got only articles re:counterfeit detection, but is there a more definitive book on Morgan and/or Peace Dollar Counterfeit Detection?
Jim
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Right now, the answer is no. You should email Winston Stone and ask him---he is in the midst of writing a multivolume set of books on counterfeit U. S. coins (the first volume has appeared).
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
if you really want to take your counterfeit detection learning the classifications/dies for VAMS is probably the best start. you don't have to learn all the 6000+ ones listed but knowing date/mm positions hubs etc will rapidly eliminate many counterfeits due to certain features simply not existing on certain date/mm.
all the scales and magnets in the world pale by comparison to knowing what the mint made and did. learning how to properly use the site will probably be the bigger challenge.
making image comps is a also a fantastic skill to cultivate.