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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 2527308, member: 77077&quot;]Thanks TIF, those are some good observations. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is being perfectly round and/or lacking sprues or any sign of sprues a definitive sign of a fake? </p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm.&nbsp; Look at this ACSEARCH result from an old collection which is pretty round and sprue free:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3059253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3059253" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3059253</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]539664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The eagle on the OP coin is leaning his head back in an odd way.&nbsp; Are there any real ones like that?&nbsp; How about this one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1780452" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1780452" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1780452</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]539665[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course any of the ACSEARCH examples I am showing can be fakes as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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