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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2629547, member: 31773"]OK, the correct overlay should be showing now. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin actually reminds me of another coin I studied, a Trade Dollar, that showed evidence of a double-strike. It had great promise, but every time I looked at it with a critical eye, things just did not quite line up. Features were not quite th right size, or in correct alignment. My theory on that one was "post mint modification for nefarious purposes". That coin even had a similar "look" to it. Perhaps there is/was a "coin surgeon" who created these pieces as fantasy coins to perplex the numismatic community?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2629547, member: 31773"]OK, the correct overlay should be showing now. This coin actually reminds me of another coin I studied, a Trade Dollar, that showed evidence of a double-strike. It had great promise, but every time I looked at it with a critical eye, things just did not quite line up. Features were not quite th right size, or in correct alignment. My theory on that one was "post mint modification for nefarious purposes". That coin even had a similar "look" to it. Perhaps there is/was a "coin surgeon" who created these pieces as fantasy coins to perplex the numismatic community?[/QUOTE]
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