I had seen this bead in the catalog and wanted to have it. I then looked here on Amazon and not let myself from the comments that it is not an original scare. When it was there I went to the bead in the Pandora shop and have asked, since I could not find the 925 imprint usual ALE. The seller told me then to show with a strong lamp and good eyes slightly inside the edge of the imprint. It is an original and really beautifully finished. I would buy it again and am very satisfied.