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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4594298, member: 10461"][USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER]- Look at the top left corner of the slab label. See the date there? <b>1840.</b> Not "1840" in quotes. Not "1840 restrike".</p><p><br /></p><p>"Bramsen-1990" is the <b>variety number</b>, not a date!</p><p><br /></p><p>You aren't the first to have been confused by that, however. Someone else made a similar comment about how "modern" the medal was when I first bought it. Guess I need to add a note about that in the comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/kingdom-napoleon/1805-medal-bramsen-421-matte-ag-corne/1356?sn=706575&h=pop" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/kingdom-napoleon/1805-medal-bramsen-421-matte-ag-corne/1356?sn=706575&h=pop" rel="nofollow">look at this one</a>. See how they put "1805" in quotation marks? Now <i>that's</i> a restrike. It is Bramsen-421, which apparently means it was struck in 421 AD? So if mine is super modern, that one is really ancient! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4594298, member: 10461"][USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER]- Look at the top left corner of the slab label. See the date there? [B]1840.[/B] Not "1840" in quotes. Not "1840 restrike". "Bramsen-1990" is the [B]variety number[/B], not a date! You aren't the first to have been confused by that, however. Someone else made a similar comment about how "modern" the medal was when I first bought it. Guess I need to add a note about that in the comments. PS- [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/valueview/kingdom-napoleon/1805-medal-bramsen-421-matte-ag-corne/1356?sn=706575&h=pop']look at this one[/URL]. See how they put "1805" in quotation marks? Now [I]that's[/I] a restrike. It is Bramsen-421, which apparently means it was struck in 421 AD? So if mine is super modern, that one is really ancient! ;)[/QUOTE]
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