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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 182587, member: 2972&quot;]The feature near the stars you are referring to are die cracks.&nbsp; They are extremely common on coins of this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The feature on the obverse rims is just the way these were struck sometimes -- either a die crack/cud or a kind of like &quot;wire edge&quot; that is often seen on proofs and early St. Gaudens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither are anything to worry about, and I think the coin is both authentic and desireable (although I would prefer one with a slightly stronger strike), not to mention that the current price is very low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the example of this coin from my collection, and you will notice similar looking die cracks:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51839120/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51839127/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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