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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2540692, member: 24314&quot;]Only ones I have ever seen are copper alloy that has been gold colored (washed or plated?).&nbsp; Each had various amounts of gold worn off.&nbsp; Many of these had crude designs.&nbsp; IMO, copies as nice as this (and it really is not <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and made with some alloy of gold, were not around in the 1850&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My money is with PCI.&nbsp; You and PCI agreed the coin was counterfeit. Putting &quot;contemporary&quot; on the holder probably indicated the coin was a 19th Century fake in their opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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