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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 515355, member: 15062&quot;]<img src="http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/3/2/2/6/0/9/webimg/210881629_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://fao-coins.info/portrait/1796.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;m certainly no expert on these coins but the two pictures here show some differences.&nbsp; They are the same date and mint so I don&#039;t know if differences would be expected.&nbsp; The damage and wear to the date on Freakey&#039;s coin make it hard to properly compare that area but there appear to be subtile differences.&nbsp; The dowwnstroke on the 7 of Freakey&#039;s is wedge shaped while on the genuine example it seems to be a straight bar.&nbsp; The 9 on the genuine one has a very slightly open loop, Freaky&#039;s is fully colsed.&nbsp; The downstroke of both the 7 and the 9 on the genuine end directly between two dentiles, on Freaky&#039;s they end above one dentle.&nbsp; Those may be subjective observations but the major difference is where the last two letters of the word GRATIA end in relation to the bust.&nbsp; On the genuine example the IA are both close to the bust, on Freaky&#039;s the A is close and the I is further away.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing that really jumps out and says FAKE on either coin; I&#039;m just pointing out that there are differences in the two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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