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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 4845982, member: 76111&quot;]Yes, it&#039;s the same coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Casts were often made prior to modern, especially digital, photography because they allowed photos to be shot with coins of uniform color and both sides at the same time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The key to comparing photos is to a) look for the major similarities such as strike and same dies b) look for some defining characteristic such as edge flaws, scrapes, die damage, etc and c) make sure that there is not <span style="color: #000000"><u>more</u></span> detail on the cast than the actual coin.&nbsp; c) is the killer where you will find just a hint of border dots in a place that doesn&#039;t exist on the actual coin which makes a match impossible.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had my hopes of an old provenance dashed by finding a wee bit more detail on the cast than my coin which eliminated possibility of the match.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On your coin, you can see some defining edge anomalies that match especially on the reverse at 3-4h.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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