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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 8313821, member: 93371&quot;]I&#039;ll start with images of the subject example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471805[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crazy looking date but an attempted &quot;mint mark&quot; between the &quot;E&quot; and &quot;T&quot; on the reverse... </p><p><br /></p><p>Attribution of the host coin was relatively easy due to the fraction and die crack through it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1471806[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is the 1st time I have seen an 1800 S-192 altered into a &quot;1799&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>But now the twist- have the coin in hand and it weighs 12.8 gms versus 10.9 standard for these. It appears to be a copper plated cast.</p><p><br /></p><p>So a genuine coin was altered and used to make casts- actually a fake of a fake<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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