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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2421494, member: 56859"]Hmm, it sure does... Is the second picture from a current retail listing? Where is the listing? Looks like an Edgar Owen red background.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited: It <b>is</b> the same coin. In addition to the same flan shape, same off-centering, and same die breaks, there are what look like chips in the patina which are the same on both coins (see arrows in the images below) and the same exposed metal on the high points, making me think that is the same coin rather than both of them being cast fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]501856[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG recently sold a bunch of Edgar Owen's coins. Maybe this was one of them and he (Owen) just forgot to remove it from his Vcoins inventory. Or, maybe he sold it to someone who then flipped it to you. Maybe you should send an inquiry to Owen via Vcoins and let him know that the listing should be removed because he already sold it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. I think many Vcoins dealers have trouble updating their inventory and often show coins for sale which are no longer in their possession. It must be a particularly difficult organizational task for dealers who also sell at shows.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>The pedigree information in the OP is verbatim from the current Edgar Owen listing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2421494, member: 56859"]Hmm, it sure does... Is the second picture from a current retail listing? Where is the listing? Looks like an Edgar Owen red background. Edited: It [B]is[/B] the same coin. In addition to the same flan shape, same off-centering, and same die breaks, there are what look like chips in the patina which are the same on both coins (see arrows in the images below) and the same exposed metal on the high points, making me think that is the same coin rather than both of them being cast fakes. [ATTACH=full]501856[/ATTACH] CNG recently sold a bunch of Edgar Owen's coins. Maybe this was one of them and he (Owen) just forgot to remove it from his Vcoins inventory. Or, maybe he sold it to someone who then flipped it to you. Maybe you should send an inquiry to Owen via Vcoins and let him know that the listing should be removed because he already sold it :D. I think many Vcoins dealers have trouble updating their inventory and often show coins for sale which are no longer in their possession. It must be a particularly difficult organizational task for dealers who also sell at shows. ... The pedigree information in the OP is verbatim from the current Edgar Owen listing.[/QUOTE]
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