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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8081637, member: 95174"]Well Ross and [USER=103515]@catadc[/USER] have made their ideas known. I have great respect for both of their opinions for different reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of Manuel alone would lead me to think it is official but the obverse has mistakes, the Nika does have an inverted N. The steps below the cross have inaccuracies.</p><p>I believe this to be an imitation but a contemporary one, during the coins original issue and not 13th century. The details of the Manuel portrait with partial legend was very good and deceptive. If the reverse had been neater i would have voted official, the offset xc and the other minor errors led me to believe imitation. Another example might change my mind but as a solo coin it is now an oddity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8081637, member: 95174"]Well Ross and [USER=103515]@catadc[/USER] have made their ideas known. I have great respect for both of their opinions for different reasons. The reverse of Manuel alone would lead me to think it is official but the obverse has mistakes, the Nika does have an inverted N. The steps below the cross have inaccuracies. I believe this to be an imitation but a contemporary one, during the coins original issue and not 13th century. The details of the Manuel portrait with partial legend was very good and deceptive. If the reverse had been neater i would have voted official, the offset xc and the other minor errors led me to believe imitation. Another example might change my mind but as a solo coin it is now an oddity.[/QUOTE]
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