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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5535257, member: 110226&quot;]That Chalkidian League tetradrachm is a beauty.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the damage, after looking the coin over, magnified, I think the bend on the obverse and the dip on the reverse at 9 o&#039;clock happened during the creation of the flan.&nbsp; It almost looks as if tongs were used with a little too much pressure on the still hot metal, and that created the distortion.&nbsp; Additionally, if you look at the obverse, you can see how the die shifted during the striking, away from the raised portion of the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I would not call the issue one of damage, but instead a flan flaw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Further, any post production damage that would occur to the coin during circulation, given the degree of the bend, would likely have caused part of the coin to shatter, leaving a rough inner core surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just some idle thought thoughts from an idle mind.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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