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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harrync, post: 2567249, member: 58588&quot;]Although I switched from coins to currency many years ago, I hung on to my 1887 crown - just a gorgeous coin.&nbsp; Tried a mirror-surface test I heard of recently - I was able to hold the coin 4 inches from a dollar bill and read the reversed serial number on the coin. [At 5 inches it got a bit blurry.] And it has the &quot;soft&quot; reeding like the photo above.&nbsp; I bought it a long time ago, so my memory may be off, but I am pretty sure neither I nor the seller thought it was a true proof - maybe a proof-like early strike? I think I paid about $25 for it - got it cheap because the portrait side had &quot;cabinet friction&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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