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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3119018, member: 39084&quot;]A couple of comments/observations about this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, my dealer told me that the depressed area around the letters in the legend could be due to die movement or shift during striking, so I don&#039;t think this artifact is from tooling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, I suspect this coin has been tooled in a number of areas that look sharper or have sharper areas than other parts of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]793217[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>(a) the edge of the nose and forehead on the obverse is much sharper than the edge of the neck, but both these areas would have gotten roughly the same amount of wear;</p><p><br /></p><p>(b) the hair bun on the obverse has much sharper details than the hair; again, they would have been subject to the same wear;</p><p><br /></p><p>(c) the edge of the drape on the obverse seems too sharp relative to the wear;</p><p><br /></p><p>(d) the fine detail in the mouth and braid on the reverse seem WAY too detailed for the overall wear of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not an expert, but I hesitate to conclude that this coin hasn&#039;t been tooled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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