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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7131173, member: 10461"]I concur. This pretty much echoes my (admittedly uninformed) thought process on the matter. If it's a contemporary counterfeit from the 1700s, that's not all bad news, because as you say, then it is still collectible in its own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, whether it's a crude variety of an official strike, or a contemporary counterfeit, it's over 200 years old in either case. I'm nearly certain it is not a <i>modern</i> fake of any kind. It's interesting, regardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it came from a large bulk lot (which I did <i>very</i> well on, thank you very much), even if one were to consider it as the lone "dud" from that lot, I have no cause for complaint. I think did just fine, for the money I paid for it, as a one fifty-ninth portion of that source lot. A relatively trifling sum when you average it out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7131173, member: 10461"]I concur. This pretty much echoes my (admittedly uninformed) thought process on the matter. If it's a contemporary counterfeit from the 1700s, that's not all bad news, because as you say, then it is still collectible in its own right. Personally, whether it's a crude variety of an official strike, or a contemporary counterfeit, it's over 200 years old in either case. I'm nearly certain it is not a [I]modern[/I] fake of any kind. It's interesting, regardless. Since it came from a large bulk lot (which I did [I]very[/I] well on, thank you very much), even if one were to consider it as the lone "dud" from that lot, I have no cause for complaint. I think did just fine, for the money I paid for it, as a one fifty-ninth portion of that source lot. A relatively trifling sum when you average it out.[/QUOTE]
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