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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 132466, member: 283&quot;]I too have a copy of Rose&#039;s booklet and have been actively using it now for about six years.&nbsp; It&#039;s a good resource, but it does have it&#039;s limitations and is far from being the `be all and end all&#039;. Indeed, very few of the chop marks on the coins I have are actually recorded in the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are of course correct that chop marks varied in size. Your coins seem to be typical of the coin in figure 6. on page 5 of `Rose&#039;.&nbsp; I probably would not have thought much about your coin if it hadn&#039;t appeared so pasty. From the photo, the chops still look a bit like they were all done at the same time and to be honest, if I saw another like that i&#039;d still be suspicious. </p><p>I can accept what you say concerning the coin looking different in the flesh.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never heard of NCS. Is it the same kind of level of expertise as ACG? Or in keeping with NGC / PCGS/ ANACS?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example of a couple I can&#039;t `suss&#039; satisfactorily.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the first (1818 mexican), I think the obverse are counterstamps as opposed to the chinese `5&#039; and rosette. If you compare the rosette on mine to the rosette that appears on your 1876 trade dollaar, yours has seven circles mine however has six. The reverse has two chops directly under the shield at the rim which create obvious effect on the date (obverse).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/911614.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/911614.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://omnicoin.com/coins/911614.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On the second (1869 mexican) the obverse shows an inked chop top left field. The reverse shows a raised chop type just above the eagles head. Miniscule in comparison to those on your original coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/911615.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://omnicoin.com/coins/911615.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://omnicoin.com/coins/911615.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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