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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2245629, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t think it&#039;s fake. These are far too common to make forgery worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I do think it was cleaned by electrolysis, stripping it of any patina, hence the raw metal color and bronze disease. It also looked like someone practiced their tooling skills on the bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are more than a handful of dealers in the ME who just love to doctor their wares, and you occasionally come across these &quot;practice coins.&quot; (I mention the ME because I believe our friend Charles hails from Lebanon.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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