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<p>[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2792367, member: 74282"]This is an interesting coin. Some of this moneyer's types from that year included reverse control marks but as far as I know there are no known examples of this type bearing a control-mark on the reverse. I can't with certain say that what you have here is a control-mark, nor can I with certainty dismiss it as die damage, though my gut feeling is die damage as I have seen examples with pretty severe die rust and wear. I looked through close to 400 examples between ACSearch, my photo file and my physical catalogs and have not yet found a die match or at least a die match to this die state(if it is indeed die damage).</p><p><br /></p><p>These types from the Social War were created in such large numbers and so haphazardly and quickly that new discoveries do happen and are possible. My advice is to join and email this to the RROME email list on yahoo to get the opinions of members there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2792367, member: 74282"]This is an interesting coin. Some of this moneyer's types from that year included reverse control marks but as far as I know there are no known examples of this type bearing a control-mark on the reverse. I can't with certain say that what you have here is a control-mark, nor can I with certainty dismiss it as die damage, though my gut feeling is die damage as I have seen examples with pretty severe die rust and wear. I looked through close to 400 examples between ACSearch, my photo file and my physical catalogs and have not yet found a die match or at least a die match to this die state(if it is indeed die damage). These types from the Social War were created in such large numbers and so haphazardly and quickly that new discoveries do happen and are possible. My advice is to join and email this to the RROME email list on yahoo to get the opinions of members there.[/QUOTE]
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