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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dnas, post: 4461749, member: 93707&quot;]The reverse is slightly worn, but no damage, so no plugged hole.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tooling might look crude when the magnification is extreme, but when you look at it with naked eye, the tail spines don&#039;t look rough at all, they are that small.... the thickest spine is about 0.5mm thick. I only noticed the difference when I was comparing the two coins in stereoscopic viewing. The space between the dragon&#039;s lower jaw, and the leg (&quot;Popeye&#039;s arm&quot;) was much smaller.&nbsp; The &quot;scales&quot; on &quot;Popeye&#039;s arm&quot; are so small that the gaps are probably 0.1mm, which is tiny. I&#039;m not sure how anybody could have engraved this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility; Perhaps the die was worn and had a chip that was temporarily repaired before a new die was made?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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