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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2000887, member: 66&quot;]It can be very questionable to compare mintmark style and position to try and determine authenticity (especially from a different year) because since the mintmark was punched in by hand and vary in position.&nbsp; They also used different different style mintmarks in different years (and sometimes more than one style in the same year.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Much better to compare dates of other coins from the same year. After the mid 1840&#039;s the date logotype is typically identical on all dies and denominations for a given year.&nbsp; (There are some exceptions)&nbsp; I believe the 3 on the date on this piece is misshappen compared to other genuine 1873 half dollars.&nbsp; It is a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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