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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herodotus, post: 5402473, member: 111387&quot;]Excellent thread OP.&nbsp; I was/am absolutely positive that the two coins share a reverse die-match. </p><p><br /></p><p>Despite the slight differences where the repair was made, there are too many similarities with the rest of the devices that my logical thinking was thrown for a loop.</p><p><br /></p><p>As suggested, while some tooling creating the differences in the lions’ heads seemed feasible, the difference in gap between the As was unexplainable.</p><p><br /></p><p>A closer look shows that the second As are slightly different in the style and angle of the serif.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now (w/ the secret revealed) looking at the pictures; a slight discoloration can be seen where the holes were repaired.&nbsp; I’m wondering if it is more obvious in hand, or under magnification.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As has also already been stated ITT; quite an expert repair job.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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