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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4594972, member: 10461"]Because they're all different versions of the same design? That's why PCGS specifies "Bramsen-1990 <i>gilt bronze</i>". Could Bramsen have used "1990-A,B,C" instead? Sure, I guess, but they didn't.</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And NGC never made a wrong attribution?What is the "Different"? <b>This piece has no cornucopia on it</b>, on the edge or elsewhere, and is from 1840, not post-1880. Where and why do you keep imagining some cornucopia? Well, given that you were demonstrably wrong about the catalog number being a date, and then decided to double down by continuing to insist that the medal is a restrike on the basis of some imaginary cornucopia somewhere, or however else you got the idea, then yeah, we most certainly <i><b>do</b></i> disagree.</p><p><br /></p><p>When you first started in on this, I was concerned you might know something I didn't. But when I realized you were just another person confused by that catalog number, and that you had nothing, I was relieved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4594972, member: 10461"]Because they're all different versions of the same design? That's why PCGS specifies "Bramsen-1990 [I]gilt bronze[/I]". Could Bramsen have used "1990-A,B,C" instead? Sure, I guess, but they didn't. :hilarious: And NGC never made a wrong attribution?What is the "Different"? [B]This piece has no cornucopia on it[/B], on the edge or elsewhere, and is from 1840, not post-1880. Where and why do you keep imagining some cornucopia? Well, given that you were demonstrably wrong about the catalog number being a date, and then decided to double down by continuing to insist that the medal is a restrike on the basis of some imaginary cornucopia somewhere, or however else you got the idea, then yeah, we most certainly [I][B]do[/B][/I] disagree. When you first started in on this, I was concerned you might know something I didn't. But when I realized you were just another person confused by that catalog number, and that you had nothing, I was relieved.[/QUOTE]
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