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<p>[QUOTE="Get Real, post: 2506351, member: 81585"]To the best of my knowledge it is real. I honestly don't remember buying it or even when I did so but I do have one of the copies that you speak of somewhere around here. I know I bought the copy about 12 years ago just to have a reference coin to look at and hold and they were out of my price range at the time, but that one has "COPY" stamped on it.</p><p>As I said in a previous comment, I'm having lighting issues with my scope and close-ups are coming out as colorless and often with stains and marks that are not there up to 30x with my other magnifiers. Look at the picture below for an example of what I am referring to. That is a brand new shinny 2016 penny that I got from the bank a couple of days ago. In my hand it is PERFECT! Under my 10x Loop those marks that I circled are not there. Notice that in the picture it also looks like a really nice steel penny, devoid of any color! </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the dentils are not prominent in the picture because I had to throw some shadows on the coin in order for the details in the center to be visible, all of the dentils are there, complete and as they should be .</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Get Real, post: 2506351, member: 81585"]To the best of my knowledge it is real. I honestly don't remember buying it or even when I did so but I do have one of the copies that you speak of somewhere around here. I know I bought the copy about 12 years ago just to have a reference coin to look at and hold and they were out of my price range at the time, but that one has "COPY" stamped on it. As I said in a previous comment, I'm having lighting issues with my scope and close-ups are coming out as colorless and often with stains and marks that are not there up to 30x with my other magnifiers. Look at the picture below for an example of what I am referring to. That is a brand new shinny 2016 penny that I got from the bank a couple of days ago. In my hand it is PERFECT! Under my 10x Loop those marks that I circled are not there. Notice that in the picture it also looks like a really nice steel penny, devoid of any color! Some of the dentils are not prominent in the picture because I had to throw some shadows on the coin in order for the details in the center to be visible, all of the dentils are there, complete and as they should be . [ATTACH=full]532483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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