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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Scropper, post: 2194585, member: 36121&quot;]I&#039;m tempted to leave this to an expert in the series, but at first glance I would absolutely leave this one be.</p><p><br /></p><p>For what it&#039;s worth - I&#039;m no expert - but the fields were the first thing to bother me.&nbsp; Why such relatively deep nicks overall.&nbsp; Then I noticed the line coming up from the olive.&nbsp; Perhaps that&#039;s a die marker for a known variety, but it doesn&#039;t look right to me.&nbsp; The I noticed the &quot;worm indentations&quot; coming from the clasp on Liberty&#039;s shoulder.&nbsp; I suppose it could be a very poor planchet, but ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Everything about this coin yells run away.&nbsp; I believe it&#039;s a high quality fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I defer to the experts.&nbsp; I&#039;m very interested to learn from them and what they say!</p><p><br /></p><p>The rims look gritty, too.&nbsp; And the denticles lack sharpness at 5 to 6 o&#039;clock on the obverse.&nbsp; And the B looks wrong in Liberty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, unless the seller was an absolute expert or I had a good trusted colleague who knew a lot more about these than I do, I would pay no more than a few bucks for it, just to have as a learning tool.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, very interested to hear what the real experts say![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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