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<p>[QUOTE="tcore, post: 477246, member: 2949"]Randy,</p><p> </p><p>The concern about authenticity is why I initially asked where you purchased the coin. I am far from an expert and don't have much experience in this series. I also hate it when people say that someone else's coin is fake if they're not 100% sure, so I didn't want to do that (because I'm not positive about it).</p><p> </p><p>However, in your first set of pictures, the fields of your coin looked so black that it looked like they were made that way with ink or something and then rubbed off of the high points. However, in the second set of lighter scanned pictures it looks better. But the thing that concerns me the most with it is that the reverse looks very crude to me. Now, as you mentioned, there are many, many varieties of these, so I would not say that the crude style makes it a fake for sure.</p><p> </p><p>The flan itself looks like it might be okay. I would certainly say that it's worth looking into more.</p><p> </p><p>Let us know if we can help at all.</p><p> </p><p>-tcore-[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tcore, post: 477246, member: 2949"]Randy, The concern about authenticity is why I initially asked where you purchased the coin. I am far from an expert and don't have much experience in this series. I also hate it when people say that someone else's coin is fake if they're not 100% sure, so I didn't want to do that (because I'm not positive about it). However, in your first set of pictures, the fields of your coin looked so black that it looked like they were made that way with ink or something and then rubbed off of the high points. However, in the second set of lighter scanned pictures it looks better. But the thing that concerns me the most with it is that the reverse looks very crude to me. Now, as you mentioned, there are many, many varieties of these, so I would not say that the crude style makes it a fake for sure. The flan itself looks like it might be okay. I would certainly say that it's worth looking into more. Let us know if we can help at all. -tcore-[/QUOTE]
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