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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4596151, member: 110350"]An interesting comparison, [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER]. I think the question of whether there's a casting seam on the Facebook example (I assume you're talking about the reverse) may depend on whether you see the dark area on the left as a raised area above a casting seam, or a flat area beneath (and put in shadow by) the raised edge of the coin -- what you see as the casting seam. In other words, it seems to be an example of the Necker cube effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you look at the coin forgery network example at <a href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=E8YTju~x~YGP0=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=E8YTju~x~YGP0=" rel="nofollow">http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=E8YTju~x~YGP0=</a> ? If so, what do you think? (I also gave a link to a post on the forumancientcoins discussion boards, but one may have to sign up as a member to be able to see the photo.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4596151, member: 110350"]An interesting comparison, [USER=75496]@Carl Wilmont[/USER]. I think the question of whether there's a casting seam on the Facebook example (I assume you're talking about the reverse) may depend on whether you see the dark area on the left as a raised area above a casting seam, or a flat area beneath (and put in shadow by) the raised edge of the coin -- what you see as the casting seam. In other words, it seems to be an example of the Necker cube effect. Did you look at the coin forgery network example at [URL]http://www.forgerynetwork.com/asset.aspx?id=E8YTju~x~YGP0=[/URL] ? If so, what do you think? (I also gave a link to a post on the forumancientcoins discussion boards, but one may have to sign up as a member to be able to see the photo.)[/QUOTE]
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