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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2724847, member: 10461"]The lettering and portrait is reversed on one side. I can't tell from the images: is the design raised, like it is on the "normal" side, or is it incuse (sunken in or recessed, like the <i>opposite</i> of the normal side?)</p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought, like everyone else's, was that you had a "magician's coin" made from the obverse side of two different pieces. But with one side of your coin being a "mirror image" like that, I wonder if it isn't a brockage or similar error. The mirror-image side would be incuse on a brockage.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should find your CAPS LOCK key and turn off ALL CAPS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2724847, member: 10461"]The lettering and portrait is reversed on one side. I can't tell from the images: is the design raised, like it is on the "normal" side, or is it incuse (sunken in or recessed, like the [I]opposite[/I] of the normal side?) My first thought, like everyone else's, was that you had a "magician's coin" made from the obverse side of two different pieces. But with one side of your coin being a "mirror image" like that, I wonder if it isn't a brockage or similar error. The mirror-image side would be incuse on a brockage. You should find your CAPS LOCK key and turn off ALL CAPS.[/QUOTE]
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