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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 936651, member: 26430"]<b>Thanks! More opinions = satisfying my years of curiosity!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your reply <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/ardatirion/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/members/ardatirion/"><font size="4">Ardatirion</font></a>! That's what I've felt since I first found it. The only way it fits the style of image is if it's been test cut countless times (probably because it felt like a fouree!!). That's why I finally tried to test the density--if my measure was correct (it could easily be wrong) then it can't be filled with AE... it would have to be filled with lead or some other really dense metal (they had that available, I assume). I'm not sure if that's actually broze disease though I wondered--it's really hard--rock hard--and couldn't be removed or "reshaped," and hasn't changed after 5 years. I think you and Doug together are right: it's something mysterious. I'm not too invested in whether its EL or not, since it is not such a nice coin, but it's just been in the back of my mind, nagging for years! These comments are really helpful in sating that nagging desire to "know." What I "know": I probably won't ever know, and it's an interest/oddity item to ponder. Thanks again![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 936651, member: 26430"][b]Thanks! More opinions = satisfying my years of curiosity![/b] Thanks for your reply [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/members/ardatirion/"][SIZE=4]Ardatirion[/SIZE][/URL]! That's what I've felt since I first found it. The only way it fits the style of image is if it's been test cut countless times (probably because it felt like a fouree!!). That's why I finally tried to test the density--if my measure was correct (it could easily be wrong) then it can't be filled with AE... it would have to be filled with lead or some other really dense metal (they had that available, I assume). I'm not sure if that's actually broze disease though I wondered--it's really hard--rock hard--and couldn't be removed or "reshaped," and hasn't changed after 5 years. I think you and Doug together are right: it's something mysterious. I'm not too invested in whether its EL or not, since it is not such a nice coin, but it's just been in the back of my mind, nagging for years! These comments are really helpful in sating that nagging desire to "know." What I "know": I probably won't ever know, and it's an interest/oddity item to ponder. Thanks again![/QUOTE]
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