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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 1656509, member: 24544&quot;]Excellent, thanks for the better pictures, and ones of the edge.&nbsp; This does not look like an electrotype copy, and with those details I would say almost 100% that is a real coin, and would put the grade around 50 net 40 scratch on the pole, maybe down to net 35 for a cleaning.&nbsp; There are multiple small die cracks, and die clash marks now visible in the picture, coming off the neck where it meets the bust, cracks between the leaves under AT.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Surfaces look solid although it may have had an old cleaning.&nbsp; For comparison purposes here is the Holmes coin, graded 55 net 45 which sold for $13,800 back in 2009:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=54&amp;lot=71" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=54&amp;lot=71" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&amp;sale=54&amp;lot=71</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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