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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 3570289, member: 93371&quot;]And, continuing...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950740[/ATTACH] </p><p>Example # 3 and Genuine example</p><p><br /></p><p>Continued review of the holed example relative to example # 3 shows additional matching attribution marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950741[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]950742[/ATTACH] </p><p>Example # 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Example # 3</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar toning and the light coloring in the expected repair areas on both the obverse and reverse suggest example # 3 <i>may </i>be the genuine repaired source coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>And as in previous investigations reviewing listings of known Internet sellers of counterfeits resulted in finding another raw example. In July of 2017 this example was listed and the listing was reported and removed prior to a sale. Unfortunately the same one (same images) was listed by a different seller (unknown seller at the time) and sold in December.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is interesting to note that one of the main identifying features, the damaged shield lines are not apparent in the images of this example, and there are a number of unique (to this one) dents and scratches added.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the easily identifiable “dotted A” feature is rather prominent on this example which helps identify these nearly from “across the room”!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950743[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]950744[/ATTACH] </p><p>Example # 6 and # 7</p><p><br /></p><p>At this time there appear to be at least 5 different examples, and like previously documented “varieties” the 1849 (included in our initial Coin Week article <i>From the Brink to the Dark Side)</i> also started with the purchase of a damaged genuine coin that was repaired and used to make the counterfeit dies. And like others in this series the repairs were accomplished with apparent skill until compared to images of known genuine examples where the affected details betray the efforts of the counterfeiters!</p><p><br /></p><p>More research articles/attribution pages are in process; the focused Team of watchers/ researchers including our Face Book “Dark Side” members continues to be vigilant in the documentation and communication of these latest deceptive threats to our hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can all draw our own conclusions about what is real or what is “Memorex”, but I am convinced more than one of these is counterfeit! I would ask that the readers be on the look-out for other duplicate examples and REPORT them; as with others we have documented in this series the chance is high there are more “<b>out there</b>”!</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, the research continues to be a collaborative effort with many EAC members and friends participating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>Jack[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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