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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 466724, member: 11521&quot;]Does anyone have a theory as to why the plating is missing from the higher portions of the devices? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My theory is as follows: The coin has excellent luster and obviously has not circulated. (It is a modern counterfeit made to deceive collectors, not merchants.) So the plating would not have <i>worn</i> off. I wonder if the planchet was plated before being struck and the plating melded with the core metal during strking where there was the most movement of metal - at the higher portions of the devices.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone one else have any better ideas?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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