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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 8633370, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;d ordinarily say &quot;no, it shouldn&#039;t make much difference&quot; -- but that last photo REALLY makes it look like <i>gold plating has flaked off</i> and revealed a base-metal core. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>How trustworthy was the source for this coin? Have you weighed and measured it? If it were mine, I&#039;d be tempted to pick at the edge of that spot and see whether more plating comes off, or whether the spot itself goes away. Yeah, that will cause some further damage to the coin, but at this point it&#039;s already not pristine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to CoinTalk, and I hope this is a false alarm![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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