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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dos Mundos, post: 67795, member: 4021&quot;]The reason I said proof was that IF genuine, this coin was struck at the Philadelphia mint(which were &quot;proofs&quot;) since it doesn&#039;t have the cc or s mintmarks of business strikes for the year.&nbsp; Proofs of this particular coin as I read somewhere, weren&#039;t sealed in plastic cases like we do now and could&#039;ve likely been mishandled.&nbsp; It definitely has a lot of details(my canon 20D also resolves a lot of it) the color in the picture is a bit off because of the lighting. Its definitely silver and not lead, I&#039;ve seen quite a few of the lead and other metal varieties of the US-Phil Conant coins to know the difference.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>I don&#039;t have a scale with me so I haven&#039;t checked the weight.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As I said in the first post, I&#039;m not sure if its genuine but it looks good to me and I only paid the peso equivalent of 50 dollars for it from a silversmith/jeweller friend(another reason why I know its not lead) who buys these things and other silver scrap from needy provincial folk.&nbsp;&nbsp; The joy of the hunt is for me, one of the most exciting aspects of this hobby and although expertise and expert advise would be nice I wouldn&#039;t want to pass up on something just because I don&#039;t have an expert opinion at hand.&nbsp; If I buy a dud, I think that&#039;s part of the learning experience and shouldn&#039;t deter a hobbyist from taking the risk. Its part of the game. My 2 centavos&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>A few more pics of the coin, this time in natural light <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/doctabako/_MG_3972.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/doctabako/_MG_3974.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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