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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2325611, member: 19463&quot;]I agree with the grades as presented but have to wonder why there are no letters behind the head.&nbsp; If I were making such a thing I might make it using a coin as the reverse die just like the real thing but I wonder if this was a die made for the purpose.&nbsp; The real way would make each brockage different possibly fooling people who have been told to beware of identical coins.&nbsp; Of course there is the matter of the die work being nothing like the real thing (hence D for artistic merit).&nbsp; As I get older and nastier, I am feeling less sorry for people with $278 of free cash and not a nickel&#039;s worth of common sense.&nbsp; Fakes of $20 coins made to fool tourists bother me but fakes of $700 coins made to sell for $200 to people who think they can get &#039;a deal&#039; are bothering me less and less.&nbsp; Have you seen the obverse used with a reverse?&nbsp; I am a bit impressed by the way the obverse is off center losing part of the OTHO opening the market to people savvy enough to spot a sleeper.&nbsp; I&#039;d market it as a rare brockage error and not mention the Otho part to attract the &#039;smart&#039; crowd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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