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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25952280, member: 10461&quot;]I don&#039;t like the overall cleaned look, but since you apparently went into that with open eyes as an acceptable compromise for the money, that issue can be ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait part of the obverse looks OK to me, but I&#039;m not so sure about the date numerals.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also do not like lettering, particularly on the reverse.&nbsp; That&#039;s often something that trips up the Chinese counterfeiters.&nbsp; Nor do I like the blobby appearance of some of the reverse design components, like the stem of the olive branch, the arrowheads, the wreath, and so on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, am I suggesting that this is in fact a Chinese counterfeit?&nbsp; No, because I do not know for sure.&nbsp; But let&#039;s just say I&#039;m suspicious.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lettering and overall appearance <i>could</i> also just be &quot;off&quot; because of the degree of polishing the coin received.&nbsp; Again, I really don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you didn&#039;t gamble too much, or if you did, this pans out for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>That right there would have had me hitting the &quot;back&quot; button immediately, even if the issues above did not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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