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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2003979, member: 56859&quot;]I would consider this engraving remarkable on a large coin.&nbsp; On a 10 mm canvas, it is extraordinary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question regarding the incuse punch behind the cockerel&#039;s head:&nbsp; is the theory as stated in your writeup based on more than numismatic speculation? </p><p><br /></p><p>I have wondered why such a crude mark was made on an otherwise highly artistic design.&nbsp; At first I tried to imagine it as some sort of purposeful shape or figure; nothing came to mind.&nbsp; Before reading your writeup, the only reason I could come up with was that it must&#039;ve allowed better fill of the obverse design by displacing metal into the obverse.&nbsp; Perhaps without this &quot;extra&quot; incuse punch, the obverse design would not be completely filled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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