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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 37304, member: 112&quot;]Trust me, I understand your feelings completely. The last thing I ever want to do is convey such news&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I will readily admit, I am FAR from an expert on these coins. But I spent several hours researching all of the information available to me and it is considerable since I collect these coins myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the star, look at it closely. Yours clearly has 8 points, the one in my pic only 5 - they are completely different. What&#039;s more, the design of the star in my pic is plainly listed as a privy mark. There are many different stars listed as privy marks - every one of them is different. But there are none like yours. And I searched them all from 1610 to 1974.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it is possible that your coin may be some unusal variety. But the books I searched are THE books and they list all the varieties. And with varieties the differences are rather minor - yours is completely different. Compare the location of the L in LVD on your coin to the L in my pic - completely different. Compare the location of the star privy mark - again completely different. Look at all of the design elements on the obverse - most are different. The legends all have the same and correct words on your coin - but they are not positioned correctly on the coin in relationn to the other design elements. But the reverse designs appear to be identical. Try weighing your coin - it should weigh 2.261 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the mint mark - examine your original pic. When it is placed at a slight angle, as you have it, you can barely see what appears to be a Z in the correct location.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to why someone would change the design of a counterfeit - it&#039;s not uncommon at all. It is usually because they have a die for 1 coin&#039;s obverse and another for the reverse - they don&#039;t always match. I have even seen counterfeits with the wrong king&#039;s name for the design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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