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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;love old coins, post: 7782907, member: 118381&quot;]Well, I took the coin to a local coin shop and I must say, I was very disappointed in their observation. First of all, they looked at it with a loupe in the darkness when they had a microscope sitting right there. Secondly, one of the guys didn&#039;t even hold it in his hand, he just glanced at it when the other guy said is was from 1825 and then spouted off &quot;It&#039;s not worth anything so we wouldn&#039;t buy it.&quot; I told him I wasn&#039;t looking to sell it so don&#039;t worry about it. The guy who looked at it said (almost immediately) that it IS the derogatory word and that&#039;s when I told him the differing opinions that my friends had to say. He just kept shaking his head saying no, no, no. My friend that went with me asked them how long they&#039;d been doing the whole coin thing and they said 10 years...go figure. However, with all this, he did slightly agree that it could be a brothel token. Now on the way home while I&#039;m driving, my friend (who&#039;s much younger than I am) started scrutinizing the coin with my loupe and she said she could see a vine drawn onto the coin and it looked to say the nasty word with &quot;&amp; co.&quot; added to it. The extra drawing that looks questionable to me, looked like part of the vine to her. The day I originally posted the start of this thread, my eyesight was not good, even with my new glasses. I have REALLY BAD ALLERGIES and they affect my sight every day...come to find out, I have a serious sinus infection and I was prescribed 875 mg. Augmentin for the next 21 days. I only tell you this because I feel like this matters to my request for more info from you guys, simply because I have issues that really affect my eyesight. I feel absolutely heartbroken that this coin was defaced in this manner - brothel token or not - and I want to thank each and every one of you who weighed in on my coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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