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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7848692, member: 19463&quot;]How familiar are you with this type?&nbsp; I am barely aware of it at all so am in no position to comment on that type.&nbsp; My only example of the coin is fourree and not exactly the sort of ting that qualifies its owner as expert.&nbsp; I got it in 1990 from Fred Shore (of Parthian book fame) whom I trusted then and now BUT I really have no idea how expert he is in this area.&nbsp; The coin, as a fourree, may be little better than the new fakes. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1351371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>You make a good point that a little added dirt and wear can make a fake look better but, in all honesty, only to someone who really should not be buying a coin like this without the assistance of someone better than me by a long shot.&nbsp; I know the guys at NGC must have handled a few hundred of these in the past (making it a little scarce since most come to them by the thousands).&nbsp; I seriously doubt you would fool them with a modern fake with all the dirt you choose.&nbsp; The coins in my experience area offered by these sellers are not even close to believable style.&nbsp; I suspect the rare ones not in my area will strike the collectors of that type just as wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I might add that I have never seen a solid example of this stater as worn as my fourree.&nbsp; That bothers me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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