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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim M, post: 466282, member: 4791&quot;]OK let me chime in and see if I can help here.&nbsp; You can not tell by the rim on these pictures, yes we did not use a collar on these coins. We did however have the date etc rolled onto the third side of the coin. This would give it a rim like appearance perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 6 varieties listed for the 1796.&nbsp; </p><p>There is the small date small letters&nbsp; B-03, B-02, B-01</p><p>The Small date large letters B-04, B-06 and </p><p>Large date small letters B-05.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm.. OK so we say its a fake because we have no way of weighing the coin or measuring the diameter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Lets look again at the known varieties.&nbsp; We can say that the coin in question is the small letter variety based on the photograph of the reverse. (positioning of the T in states in relation to the upward leaf.) The date is also the small date.&nbsp; So we have narrowed it down to a possible 3 varieties if its real. Two R3 coins and an R8 coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now lets look at the stars.&nbsp; Ooops nothing lines up correctly, we also notice that the stars are way to close to the edge of the coin, The nose on the coin in question belonged to Jimmy Durante and then we can go to the reverse and look at the eagle, the left wing should not touch any of the wreath.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The list can go on and on..</p><p><br /></p><p>What I am trying to do here gang is when we make a statement that something is fake, lets not go on just a gut feeling or throw an ebay seller under the bus.&nbsp; Lets back it up with something of substance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please take a moment and go to <a href="http://earlydollars.org/1796index.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://earlydollars.org/1796index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://earlydollars.org/1796index.htm</a> and take a close look at some real ones. Maybe we can all learn something together here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a great night gang.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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