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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1004001, member: 2972&quot;]The coin appears to have been worked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either it was hairlined and the burned from a dip, or polished then dipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>The luster, or lack thereof, is the tell (to my eye).&nbsp;&nbsp; The way the coin is lit does tend to overblow this effect, and I suspect the coin in hand is a bit better, but that doesn&#039;t change my assessment.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rim issue appears as a strikethrough, and an odd one at that.&nbsp; I can&#039;t recall seeing something quite like that before.&nbsp; I&#039;d love to see an extreme closeup of it.&nbsp; It could also be a stamp or hit of some kind that&#039;s been worked, but the dentils appear pristine inside of the hit and as G says, the edges appear sharp, which makes me say strikethrough.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the above is IMO, of course.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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