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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jyrki muona, post: 2841874, member: 89709&quot;]Even one coin is a &quot;sample&quot;. More is better, of course, but that may not be possible.</p><p>I will give an example. I had a hypothesis that PONT MAX Othos are debased sharply so and the change of the reverse legend is a sign of that. I started looking for reverses that would share the obverse die with a SECVRITAS or PAX issue. Finally I succeeded, obtained the missing coin and Ponting tested them for me, &quot;destroying&quot; the coins with a minute hole on the side. He even offered to have a professional restore them, but I declined as I am proud of having been able to contribute.</p><p>There were two PONT MAXes and on SECVRITAS sharing an obverse die and indeed, the PONT MAXes were about 80% silver and the SECVRITAS was 90%. Now, this was a sample collected to test a hypothesis made BEFORE the act. It was shown to hold. I can scientifically soundly now say: prove this wrong with another sample. Unless this can be done, these three coins are enough.</p><p>This is not the same thing as randomly observing such a phenomenon.</p><p>And the coins are certainly not destroyed.</p><p>Jyrki Muona[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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