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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2342681, member: 76111&quot;]Yes, I looked at it at length under a high power stereoscopic microscope.&nbsp; I will admit I was not then and am not now an expert on tooling, but compared to my other coins I couldn&#039;t see anything to indicate that the hair had been modified.&nbsp; It looked a bit porous in the hair channels and I&#039;m wondering if that is from the evaporation of metal under high heat, but I have also seen something similar in my other coins.&nbsp; I took some pictures of the magnified areas but I can&#039;t find them right now.&nbsp; I posted them on Forvm some years back so they may still be there.&nbsp; I pretty much got a collective shrug of shoulders from the experts there too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If I didn&#039;t find the earlier photo, I would still happily own the coin and be none the wiser.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I did my research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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