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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3745947, member: 19165&quot;]The shipwreck effect does look a bit different, but I said it looked like something someone might try to pass off as shipwreck. I did not say that it looked the same. To someone unfamiliar, this poorly cast coin could be advertised as a desirable shipwreck coin and fool an unsuspecting buyer. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the Heritage archives, there are quite a few examples for easy comparison. Here&#039;s one with the classic shipwreck effect: <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1861-o-50c-ss-republic-shipwreck-effect-ngc-mintage-2-532-633/a/131934-25479.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1861-o-50c-ss-republic-shipwreck-effect-ngc-mintage-2-532-633/a/131934-25479.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-half-dollars/half-dollars/1861-o-50c-ss-republic-shipwreck-effect-ngc-mintage-2-532-633/a/131934-25479.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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