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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1536212, member: 112"]Am I sure ? Absolutely not. But based on what I see that is my best guess. As for being completely different, yes. Just look at the details on the genuine coins. Pictures of two of them are posted in this thread. The fonts on most of the letters are different, the sword tip on all of the genuine coins lines up right under the left leg of the N above, the rose is centered, the positioning of the legends is different, and overall the design is mushy on your coin. The reason I think it is a cast fake is because the coin has what looks like casting bubbles, a very rough and uneven surface, and many of the details did not come through well, and that is not due to wear. edit - As for the wavy lines under the rose, that is the one thing that does not make me think your coin is fake. Look at Eduard's coin posted in this thread. His is exactly like yours in that one detail. But his is also different than all other examples I have seen - regarding that single detail. More than likely, your coin was probably based on genuine coins that came from the same die the Eduard's did since those are the ones I have ever seen like that. Of course, if that is true, it also means that there is at least  1 more example of this very rare coin out there because Eduard's was a ground find and he is the one that found it. That would bring the total number of this coin to 8, that I know of.[/QUOTE]