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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1000517, member: 19463&quot;]At first glance this appears to be a cast fake of the New Hampshire Colonial by William Moulton.&nbsp; The casting seam is obvious around the edges.&nbsp; It was shown to me by a friend who suspects it is fake (usually safe) but would hate to condemn a good piece (especially one too rare to be illustrated in Red Book).&nbsp; The problem is that the Moulton varieties were mostly patterns and many were cast rather than being struck so that is not as certain a bad sign with these as it would first seem.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is distinguished by a large die/mold flaw on the reverse. It weighs 4.8g.&nbsp; Does anyone have experience with this version?&nbsp; I have seen photos of fake examples of the type but this is not from the same mold and none of them showed the large flaw.&nbsp; If fake, can you point to its maker or purpose (e,g, part of the set used to advertise a Readers&#039; Digest history book???)?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there an online repository of fake Colonials like the one for ancients run by Forvm?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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