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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7470554, member: 102103&quot;]I&#039;m not really sure.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe all of the restrikes have the die cracks.</p><p>Here are a couple nice examples from auctions (not mine).&nbsp; Interpretations are my guesses--I don&#039;t think the auction descriptions mention restrike or not.</p><p><a href="https://www.sarc.auction/CAMBODIA-Norodom-I-1860-1904-AE-10-centimes-1860-PCGS-PF64_i35288479" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sarc.auction/CAMBODIA-Norodom-I-1860-1904-AE-10-centimes-1860-PCGS-PF64_i35288479" rel="nofollow">Probably original series</a>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1293671[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.sarc.auction/CAMBODIA-Norodom-I-1860-1904-AE-10-centimes-1860-UNC_i24612065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sarc.auction/CAMBODIA-Norodom-I-1860-1904-AE-10-centimes-1860-UNC_i24612065" rel="nofollow">Probable restrike</a>:&nbsp; Irregular surface due to die corrosion</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293676[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293677[/ATTACH] </p><p>The one I assume to be a restrike doesn&#039;t really have much wear, but the surface is highly roughened, I assume from die corrosion.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen enough examples to be sure, but that&#039;s my opinion.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the relative populations either.&nbsp; Looking at mine (original post), I think it&#039;s probably a restrike, but it has enough wear to be harder to judge the condition of the original surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an added oddity, we weren&#039;t able to find any of this series of coins in the 1801-1900 Krause catalog at all, though they show up in my older (1995) version.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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