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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2492619, member: 74222&quot;]This is a noob thread. So pardon the quality of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>On forvm’s section of fake, two fakes of Theodosius II are labeled as cast but I think the metal flaw on them suggest that they are actually struck. I thought that metal flaw meant they are struck because of friction, but it apparently appears that casting also can create metal flaw.</p><p><br /></p><p>So can one explain me or provide me a link to how one can see whether a coin is cast or struck?</p><p><br /></p><p>When I say “metal flaw” I am thinking of the small lines which stands side by side, look eventual at the image number 3 with white notion.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]527784[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]527785[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]527786[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Are Forvm mistaken when they atribute them as &quot;cast&quot;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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