I have found many a fake coil with this trick. you scan the stamp as high resaloution as you can then blow it up as big as the screen. Then measure the width of the frame to the edge and see if its the same top and bottom.
Jim, the first one is faked because the cut is not straight. The second one has two crooked sides and you can still see the perfs on the left side! The third one could very well be genuine!
But granted, a larger image makes it easier to spots these problems, which is why I always use a magnifier. The other reason is I refuse to see an optometrist and I can't see a damn thing otherwise.
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Posted 10/10/2015 3:18 pm
