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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4716162, member: 19463"]Research all the coins of your type you can find. How many have matching numbers? Research all of the coins of the type I showed. How many of them have matching numbers? If the answer to the first is 'almost all' while the answer to the last is 'none' you will see that there were two different ways of managing dies. I could not be more clear. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is a Capito die set normally matches so one that does not is anomalous while the Piso would rarely match after the first die set so a pair that did match would be suspect. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>NO! What I said was that showing one plated coin to be unofficial does not say anything about a thousand other plated coins. Finding a thousand unofficial plated coins suggest you look closely at number 1001 but does not prove anything any more than commonly held beliefs that all lawyers are ambulance chasers and all used car salesmen wear cheap suits. A plated coin with no break is not worth anything approaching the price of a solid, official coin. Below is my best condition fourree. I would estimate it as bringing about 25% of a solid coin with the same wear and appearance. This is hard to test since most you will see are either prettier, uglier, rougher, more damaged --- something different. I do not know of a 100% unbroken surface on a fourree in my collection. This one has only a couple spots but, in the end, it is plated. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1156315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4716162, member: 19463"]Research all the coins of your type you can find. How many have matching numbers? Research all of the coins of the type I showed. How many of them have matching numbers? If the answer to the first is 'almost all' while the answer to the last is 'none' you will see that there were two different ways of managing dies. I could not be more clear. The difference is a Capito die set normally matches so one that does not is anomalous while the Piso would rarely match after the first die set so a pair that did match would be suspect. NO! What I said was that showing one plated coin to be unofficial does not say anything about a thousand other plated coins. Finding a thousand unofficial plated coins suggest you look closely at number 1001 but does not prove anything any more than commonly held beliefs that all lawyers are ambulance chasers and all used car salesmen wear cheap suits. A plated coin with no break is not worth anything approaching the price of a solid, official coin. Below is my best condition fourree. I would estimate it as bringing about 25% of a solid coin with the same wear and appearance. This is hard to test since most you will see are either prettier, uglier, rougher, more damaged --- something different. I do not know of a 100% unbroken surface on a fourree in my collection. This one has only a couple spots but, in the end, it is plated. [ATTACH=full]1156315[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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