How can I tell original brothel tokens from replicas?

I have recently started collecting brothel tokens. How can I tell the originals from the replicas? Bob and Diana McShan Brady, Texas The incised stamped brass tokens are usually fake, says George Notarpole, a coin dealer in Mesa, Arizona. George once had a genuine brothel token from Colorado, with sophisticated stamping. Many of the French ones are clichés, being brass sheeting over paper cores, as they were cheaper to produce. These usually have a woman’s name on them. The neatest ones he ev