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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2603067, member: 73165&quot;]This is an amazingly convincing fake in your second set of pictures, until you look closer at the diagnostics like [USER=1892]@SuperDave[/USER], or at the edge like you did.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to be able to study this piece up close sometime, but I wouldn&#039;t even have the time to do it for several months.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought on seeing only the obverse was that it looked real enough to investigate further.&nbsp; I certainly wouldn&#039;t be spending the several thousand dollars to buy a piece in this grade without either attributing it myself or having it verified by PCGS/NGC/ANACS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second thought, upon seeing the reverse was: reverse surfaces sure do look funny.&nbsp; I bet it&#039;s cast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there any trace of a casting seam or sprue?&nbsp; I&#039;m guessing there is not because the edge lettering was applied afterward, obliterating such evidence of casting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you should take it someplace and have them do XRF on it to determine its elemental composition.&nbsp; How does it ring?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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