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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26164860, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1670342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1670341[/ATTACH] </p><p> I just got this for my album. I believe it is real and not a fake but if somebody thinks otherwise feel free to chime in. </p><p><br /></p><p> It weighs 5.03 grams, just a hair over the 5.0 it’s supposed to be and diameter is dead on 21.2 mm. I noticed something weird under the chin so put a loupe on it and I see part of the UNU of UNUM and part of a B and U of Pluribus from the reverse which lines up with that spot. Looking at it with the naked eye it just looks like a spike coming off the neck. It’s the indentation between the rows of text. </p><p> Do you think the die was repaired but they just left this little bit they didn’t get? I’m trying to picture how this could happen and why there isn’t more visible. Any thoughts? </p><p><br /></p><p> This is around an XF. It does have a full horn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26164860, member: 13650"][ATTACH=full]1670342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1670341[/ATTACH] I just got this for my album. I believe it is real and not a fake but if somebody thinks otherwise feel free to chime in. It weighs 5.03 grams, just a hair over the 5.0 it’s supposed to be and diameter is dead on 21.2 mm. I noticed something weird under the chin so put a loupe on it and I see part of the UNU of UNUM and part of a B and U of Pluribus from the reverse which lines up with that spot. Looking at it with the naked eye it just looks like a spike coming off the neck. It’s the indentation between the rows of text. Do you think the die was repaired but they just left this little bit they didn’t get? I’m trying to picture how this could happen and why there isn’t more visible. Any thoughts? This is around an XF. It does have a full horn.[/QUOTE]
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