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<p>[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 4849457, member: 99613"]From a layman's eye: first, there's no question it's the same coin. Die matches are one thing, but matching corroded shapes, too? It's the same coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plotina's cheek on yours is noticeably smaller than in its previous life, and she looks much better for it. Somebody, thankfully, removed the grapefruit that was there. Also, as you mentioned, there are now areas of bronze color showing through on both sides, so it's been worked on, but whoever did it sure didn't go overboard with tooling/smoothing/ruining it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numisnewbiest, post: 4849457, member: 99613"]From a layman's eye: first, there's no question it's the same coin. Die matches are one thing, but matching corroded shapes, too? It's the same coin. Plotina's cheek on yours is noticeably smaller than in its previous life, and she looks much better for it. Somebody, thankfully, removed the grapefruit that was there. Also, as you mentioned, there are now areas of bronze color showing through on both sides, so it's been worked on, but whoever did it sure didn't go overboard with tooling/smoothing/ruining it.[/QUOTE]
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