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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 3015756, member: 93371&quot;][ATTACH=full]748805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]748804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]748803[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This “variety” was included in my post and article about damaged genuine source coins (from which dies to strike fake examples were made) and also tracks back to mid-2015.</p><p><br /></p><p>My example unfortunately is in a TPG holder as several of these better deceptive struck examples are and was purchased from a California coin shop during the same period of time that the genuine source example was listed on eBay; that source coin has been listed and removed several times over the last year or two due to it matching the attribution marks of the other documented examples, including another raw example sold later in that venue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The posted images are of mine and of the probable source (that image courtesy NGC- coin was returned from a submission package as “Altered Surface, Plugged”). The on-line cert for mine was changed to “Contact Customer Service” after I reported it to the TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Coin Week research article is at <a href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-1796-s-85-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-1796-s-85-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-1796-s-85-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/</a> for those interested- Charles’ artwork is always eye grabbing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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