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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ewomack, post: 2838586, member: 15588&quot;]I haven&#039;t made many numismatic purchases recently, but I saw the coin below at a recent show and liked its price and how it looked in hand. When I gave it to the dealer to purchase, he looked at it for a while and said &quot;this might be under-graded,&quot; but gave me a small price cut anyway (of course I thought, skeptically, &quot;yeah, sure, right&quot;). The flip said &quot;AU,&quot; but I never trust flip grades, apart from using them as a rough guide. With some magnification, I&#039;m now seeing some other things not obvious in hand. What are the copper-colored smudges? And do the date and the &quot;R&quot; in &quot;QUAR&quot; on the reverse look off at all? The slightly skewed final &quot;A&quot; in &quot;AMERICA&quot; matches other photos I&#039;ve seen. I can&#039;t imagine someone bothering to counterfeit a common date such as this one (mintage: 12,380,000), but I&#039;ve heard it happens nonetheless. I also now see marks at 12:00 above Liberty&#039;s head on the denticles and some worn denticles at 6:00 on the reverse. I didn&#039;t pay a ton for it - I actually paid less than XF price, which did make me wonder a little bit. I&#039;m more concerned that it&#039;s been compromised in some way or that it&#039;s not authentic. So I&#039;m just seeking additional opinions and thoughts. Thank you for your input!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/1854LibObverse.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.getmilked.com/pics/1854LibReverse.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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