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<p>[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 4535436, member: 78525"]So those of us that wondered how a coin with otherwise very good details could have two obviously non-regal design flaws, need to look at <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/mexico/world-coins/mexico-charles-iii-8-reales-1770-mo-mf-xf-detail-repaired-pcgs-/a/231752-64268.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/mexico/world-coins/mexico-charles-iii-8-reales-1770-mo-mf-xf-detail-repaired-pcgs-/a/231752-64268.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">the coin that the eBay seller referenced from Heritage</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to the keen eye of realeswatcher, the picture becomes clearer. He speculates that the coin was tooled to repair chops. If so, shame on the bozo that royally screwed up a nice coin with mostly acceptable damage (many collectors like chopped coins), and shame on the seller trying to pass it off as undamaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it genuine? PCGS put their certificate on it but I wonder how much time they actually spent on authenticating it once it was determined to be damaged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgenn, post: 4535436, member: 78525"]So those of us that wondered how a coin with otherwise very good details could have two obviously non-regal design flaws, need to look at [URL='https://coins.ha.com/itm/mexico/world-coins/mexico-charles-iii-8-reales-1770-mo-mf-xf-detail-repaired-pcgs-/a/231752-64268.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515']the coin that the eBay seller referenced from Heritage[/URL]. Thanks to the keen eye of realeswatcher, the picture becomes clearer. He speculates that the coin was tooled to repair chops. If so, shame on the bozo that royally screwed up a nice coin with mostly acceptable damage (many collectors like chopped coins), and shame on the seller trying to pass it off as undamaged. Is it genuine? PCGS put their certificate on it but I wonder how much time they actually spent on authenticating it once it was determined to be damaged.[/QUOTE]
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