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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 350066, member: 12965&quot;]<span style="color: black">Ok here&#039;s what I&#039;ve found so far:</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Referenced coin link:</span></p><p>[code][COLOR=black][URL=&quot;http://www.collectorscorner.com/Products/Item.aspx?id=686454&quot;][COLOR=#800080][U]http://www.collectorscorner.com/Products/Item.aspx?id=686454[/U][/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/code]</p><p><span style="color: black">It has a few flattened stars on the obverse (opposite side) and the rest are more pronounced and it too has a weak strike on the rock(s) where the eagle is standing and the eagle&#039;s claws/legs are fairly well pronounced. As to the other concerns of the obverse, this coin doesn&#039;t have those flaws but the reverse is practically a mirror image of my coin except it&#039;s in a little better condition (NGC-AU55) which should put my coin&#039;s grade somewhere around EF40-50, which I&#039;d be tickled if it&#039;s officially graded EF-40.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Referenced coin link:</span></p><p><span style="color: black">[code][URL=&quot;http://www.collectorscorner.com/Products/Item.aspx?id=687145&quot;][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.collectorscorner.com/Products/Item.aspx?id=687145[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/code]</span></p><p><span style="color: black">This coin is a NGC graded EF-35 1795 DBD and has the same characteristics as the first referenced coin, with more flattened stars on the obverse but not an even flattening all around. However, my coin is a much better shape than this one, which makes me wonder if my coin (if it&#039;s real) wouldn&#039;t get a EF45-EF50 rating from NGC? That would be even better! But this coin doesn&#039;t address the flaws on the obverse of my coin.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Referenced coin link:</span></p><p><span style="color: black">[code]http://www.bowersandmerena.com/auctions/lot_detail.aspx?AuctionNo=13040&amp;SessionNo=3&amp;CatNo=50&amp;SearchString=&amp;VideoFlag=&amp;zoom=1&amp;lotno=2109[/code]</span></p><p><span style="color: black">This one is interesting in that the fifth star (on the left from the bottom) has a spur identical to my spur but the fourth star doesn&#039;t have a spur like mine and the stars are flattened almost identical to mine. Overall, except for the missing spur on the fourth star and the ribbon spur on the &quot;R&quot;, this coin is practically identical to mine. </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Referenced coin link:</span></p><p><span style="color: black">[code]http://cgi.ebay.com/Replica-1795-Draped-Bust-90-Silver-Dollar_W0QQitemZ350039609050QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101[/code]</span></p><p><span style="color: black">This is the most interesting coin of all because it&#039;s a Replica and the star spurs on my coin are also on this coin and there are many other interesting similarities. You will notice that not only do they show pictures of the obverse and reverse, but the edge lettering as well (only edge lettering pic I&#039;ve found so far). You should see many dings/marks on the obverse &amp; reverse that match ones on mine. Yet, <u>overall</u>, they are not absolutely identical. The spurs on the two stars are identical but the &quot;R&quot; ribbon spur on mine, isn’t on this Replica. The edge lettering on the Replica has a boo-boo with the “O” in “OR” and is quite apparent but that could be from a weak original strike and the over-punched “O” wasn’t centered properly but the surface of the edge is much closer to “perfect” than my squished metal edge. Once you’ve found all the similarities then notice what isn’t similar, like the lettering on the obverse &amp; reverse is mostly flat on the Replica and ridged on mine, etc...</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">What I really find most interesting, is this Replica is supposed to be a copy of a real coin so that means there is a coin out there like mine and it is real!!!! Is it possible my coin was struck around the same time as this Replica’s template coin was struck? If it was, I’d surmise mine was struck after the Replica’s template coin, based on the ribbon spur on the “R”.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Let me know what you think! :hammer:</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Ribbit,</span></p><p><span style="color: black">Toad :smile</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: Note the difference in weight between the Replica and my coin. My coin is almost 1/2 gram(s) heavier.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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