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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2172097, member: 27832&quot;]Yeah, no.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, yes, it certainly <i>is</i> a badly lit and low-res photo. But look at:</p><p><br /></p><p>The trailing on the <b>A</b> in <b>AUG</b> -- it <i>could</i> be die deterioration, but (a) I&#039;ve not found anything remotely like it on a real specimen of this mintage-40000 coin, and (b) it&#039;s extremely common among counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape and position of the ear. Again, this could be die deterioration, but the real dies weren&#039;t in service long enough to wear that much.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shape and position of the brow ridge -- as I said before, the one on the left looks more like an ape.</p><p><br /></p><p>The general crudeness of the lettering.</p><p><br /></p><p>The cud starting to appear around <b>HA</b>. Again, common on fakes, not seen on legitimate examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Darkly toned and slightly worn, perhaps, but I won&#039;t dignify the example on the left with the name &quot;coin&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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