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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 682916, member: 6647&quot;]I saved pictures from two listings, two months apart, on eBay. Thought it makes an interesting example of what happens to a coin at the doctor&#039;s office. The piece is a 1757 2 reales minted in Lima. Pillar fractional reales from Lima and Potosi are often holed and subsequently plugged, in this case not well enough to try and pass it as undamaged. The remainder of the coin has been selectively darkened, apparently to hide cleaning marks and give it a more &#039;attractive&#039; contrast. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>before:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/PER_1757_L-2-7_spendidart_79.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>after:</p><p><img src="http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/karakorum_photos/PER_1757_L-2-7_user55556.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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