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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2919710, member: 10461&quot;]I&#039;d say it squeaks by as F12.&nbsp; Details, anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>The surfaces look pretty nice overall, aside from that one cratered area at the top right of the shield.&nbsp; But I&#039;m almost inclined to believe that might be a planchet flaw rather than heavy pitting?&nbsp; If that were the result of corrosion/pitting, I&#039;d expect to see more porosity over the rest of the coin, so planchet flaw is my guess there.&nbsp; Which isn&#039;t too surprising, really, given the relatively primitive conditions these early state coppers were struck under.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting repunching of the second &quot;U&quot; in &quot;PLURIBUS&quot;.&nbsp; That&#039;s a cool feature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice pickup for the money!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit: </b>aha, I just read further on and realize now this is another resurrected &quot;zombie&quot; thread from the dark and distant past.&nbsp; Good to know I was apparently right about that being a planchet flaw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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