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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientGalleonLLC, post: 2853723, member: 72483&quot;]This is not in reply to the coin in question but about cracks. While it is most often the case that cracks are not complete or do not go into the coin on both sides on a cast, it is not entirely true. Some high quality casts can have full cracks that go into the coin to some degree and on both sides. The cracks are always softer in nature compared to cracks with struck examples and lack metal dispersion and crystalization. Similarly, while a seam or sprue trace is a good indication of a cast, not all casts pieces have sprue remnants or visible seams. </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe someone with the name of Tesorillo? (name or website) had a very good write up on fakes at one time which covered cracks in hi-res and struck vs cast. If someone has a link or info on that (if it is sharable) it would be probably benefit a lot of people here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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