[Gene Eric]

I’m not discussing the digitized end product. My point concerns the fabricated serial number regardless of the assignee. I don’t recall the number value, but I recall three 1 digits of which two were machine stamped and the third rendered via lithography (complex and unlikely) or digitally via software during composition. The motivation for the fabrication isn’t clear to me, and there’s certainly the possibility the number was properly reconstructed for legibility reasons.

I appreciate the references you provided. Thanks.

[Nero Germanicus]

This admittedly may be WAY more than you are interested in signing on for, but several years ago a colleague made several You Tube videos to refute the original claims of forgery:
Part 1:

https://youtu.be/_wUikUNY0yo

Part 2:

https://youtu.be/EFnXfYh7TBI