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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numismat, post: 1323693, member: 15019&quot;]This is the first one of these I&#039;ve seen. Most counterfeits I see are modeled after regular coins and sycees or are pure fantasy pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Such a die trial strike may exist, I don&#039;t know. But this one appears to be cast. For one thing, some of the features are a bit too irregular for it to have been struck from original dies. For example the beads and characters at the top of the Chinese language side.</p><p>The most unusual part is the countermark area. It appears as though the parts on the left side are well struck, while some of the parts in the upper right are very weak. This contradicts the circular border of the countermark, which suggests the strongest pressure was applied on the right, and much lighter pressure on the left side.</p><p>Also, the top center tip of the countermarked character seems to be cut off by the border of the original &quot;strike&quot;. This contradicts the overlap of original &quot;strike&quot; features on top of countermarked features on the right side of the &quot;stamp&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also question why the edge appears to have been filed. It wouldn&#039;t mean much all by itself, but combined with the casting theory it&#039;s another clue that someone likely filed of casting seams around the edges.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FHupeh-Province-Trail-Strike-7-Mace-and-2-Candareens-Extremely-Rare-%2F320812777969%3Fpt%3DLH_DefaultDomain_0%26hash%3Ditem4ab1ee81f1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FHupeh-Province-Trail-Strike-7-Mace-and-2-Candareens-Extremely-Rare-%2F320812777969%3Fpt%3DLH_DefaultDomain_0%26hash%3Ditem4ab1ee81f1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hupeh-Province-Trail-Strike-7-Mace-and-2-Candareens-Extremely-Rare-/320812777969?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item4ab1ee81f1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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