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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 48006, member: 112&quot;]OK, you&#039;re looking at the obverse of the coin - now look at the reverse in the top center. The eagle is on the left - knight on horse to the right. Now look right between the two - the metal in this area is a different color entirely from the rest of the coin. And you can see where it has been smoothed over. It extends to and covers part of the eagle&#039;s wing on the left and to the neck of the horse on the right. This metal does not even have the same texture as the rest of the coin. You can, if you look close also see the edge of the former hole all the way around this area. And this hole corresponds exactly with the damge on the obverse of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This different colored metal is gold, but it is not the same gold as the original coin. It has been added to act like a solder to hold the previously broken pieces together. Looking at the obverse, right at the bottom edge of the damage and just above the collar you can even see the new metal that was added. See how it is a different color right there ? That&#039;s because there is no original metal to fill that part of the hole. So you are seeing the underside of the new metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;l provide what additional information I can later this evening.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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