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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 7317479, member: 24633"]First, welcome to the neighborhood!</p><p><br /></p><p>Even though the 1881-S is known to have a very good strike, the condition of your coin looks a little too good. I don't think anyone in their right mind would bury such a nice looking coin in plastic unless there was something wrong with it. There is probably no way that you could remove it without damaging it in some way, and there lies the problem. You'd probably get a better idea of the authenticity if you could weigh & measure it and use an XRF Analyzer to determine the composition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 7317479, member: 24633"]First, welcome to the neighborhood! Even though the 1881-S is known to have a very good strike, the condition of your coin looks a little too good. I don't think anyone in their right mind would bury such a nice looking coin in plastic unless there was something wrong with it. There is probably no way that you could remove it without damaging it in some way, and there lies the problem. You'd probably get a better idea of the authenticity if you could weigh & measure it and use an XRF Analyzer to determine the composition.[/QUOTE]
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