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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1010859, member: 2972&quot;]IMO:&nbsp; The coin appears to be to be authentic. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;For one, I see nothing to suggest it&#039;s counterfeit -- I see a lot of contact marks and a bad hole patch job.&nbsp;&nbsp; Like Matt above, I don&#039;t see any casting marks either.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Setting aside what we see, and thinking about it for a moment.... I can&#039;t for the life of me understand why someone would hole and wear a counterfeit coin long enough to get that many contact marks, then go through the trouble of fixing it.&nbsp; Assuming they would, and it looks too real to me to be a contemporary counterfeit (contemporary counterfeits weren&#039;t that good, judging those I&#039;ve seen from other coins in the era), so the conclusion that the coin is real is strengthened in my eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll vote real(ly bad) coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pass.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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