This part is an inexpensive $.10 diode. One might think that it would be too much trouble to sand down the tops of the parts, fix the leads and remark them, but it is common. We have even seen it done on less expensive parts. In the picture you can see the part before and after it has been wiped with acetone.
Robb Hammond is the founder and CEO of AERI, an independent electronic component distributor operating since 1994. He is a founding member and former committee chair of SAE AS6081, the counterfeit-avoidance standard for independent distributors adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense, and a recognized authority on counterfeit detection.
