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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24586370, member: 85693&quot;]Yours does look authentic, I&#039;d agree.&nbsp; As for serrations being &quot;part of the dies&quot; I think there is some debate on this, with most sources I see leaning towards the serrations being done by hand on each planchet with a file or some other mechanical means - which seems horrendously time-consuming, but the Mint could probably afford a lot of employees (or slaves).&nbsp; As a counterfeit-prevention measure it seems kind of pointless, as my fourree example shows.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Or maybe there were other reasons for the serrations - here is a very interesting article about serrations I just found - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://bertolamifineart.com/en/i-denari-serrati-della-repubblica-romana-alcune-considerazioni/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bertolamifineart.com/en/i-denari-serrati-della-repubblica-romana-alcune-considerazioni/" rel="nofollow">https://bertolamifineart.com/en/i-denari-serrati-della-repubblica-romana-alcune-considerazioni/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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