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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2808099, member: 56859&quot;]I think it was made of dies created from a cast of a cast fake (how&#039;s that for convoluted?).</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point in this process the devices and legends were &quot;strengthened&quot; (reengraved), making the lines wider and in some instances it looks like they were gone over more than once with a graver or similar tool.&nbsp; Perhaps it is cast rather than struck, but the flan cracks look struck rather than cast.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;original fake&quot; I suspect was the source of the dies, or one like it, is in Forvm&#039;s Fakes gallery:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pos=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pos=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&amp;cat=0&amp;pos=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]656306[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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