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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5228591, member: 102103&quot;]Well, I dug around and found my well-worn 1806 penny.&nbsp; Here are some photos in case showing how the lettering tends to wear might be useful.&nbsp; Edge has a band of diagonal grooves, slightly tilted (towards the reverse on left side, toward the obverse on right side).&nbsp; Mine weighs at 17.9 g, though I haven&#039;t calibrated the scale.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1216778[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1216779[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1216780[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After looking more closely, I think the original coin is probably real rather than a contemporary counterfeit.&nbsp; I wonder if the text wore down a bit and then it was polished or treated to restore an artificial luster, as others have suggested.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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