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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2532936, member: 26302"]Look at the overall mushiness of the design. If a coin was worn, there should be loss of high point details, but there isn't. Its just overall soft, most likely from a cheap cast. Next look at the bottom edges. If this were correct, shouldn't you see some dots where the flan cut it off? Its just a clean cutoff of dots or no dots. Also the edge looks very sharp, not common on ancients and surely not common on an ancient that is supposed to be worn. Without even knowing the type that is how I view it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes a lightly corroded piece will look like this, but there are other things to look for on those. Until you can tell the difference stay away from both.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 2532936, member: 26302"]Look at the overall mushiness of the design. If a coin was worn, there should be loss of high point details, but there isn't. Its just overall soft, most likely from a cheap cast. Next look at the bottom edges. If this were correct, shouldn't you see some dots where the flan cut it off? Its just a clean cutoff of dots or no dots. Also the edge looks very sharp, not common on ancients and surely not common on an ancient that is supposed to be worn. Without even knowing the type that is how I view it. Sometimes a lightly corroded piece will look like this, but there are other things to look for on those. Until you can tell the difference stay away from both.[/QUOTE]
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