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<p>[QUOTE="DEA, post: 3418762, member: 90140"]Thanks to all for either new information or confirmation of what I could figure out. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] - great URLs (hereby bookmarked). But it's not gold. As [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] pointed out, it should be silver, which was the direction my research had taken me, causing me utter confusion. Sweet "helpful image," Severus, thank you so dang much! I appreciate tremendously the interpretation - who, what, when and where concluded. At least per the coin itself. I wonder if I'll find something similar - as Pellinore made clear to me - most likely fantasy or forgery. </p><p><br /></p><p>And [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER] thanks for the URL. You're correct, but I wonder what those fantasy coins went for. Too bad acsearch wants all that money to find out. You are also dead on with your observation about careless treatment; that was my first observation when I saw the coin. However, the 'darkness' at or inside of those hacks, dings and scratches, especially the one at twelve o'clock on the obverse provided darn near conclusive evidence that it was not gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>Y'all are great! You solidified my optimism that I would get answers or at least clues by posting here. I so wish I had known of cointalk years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DEA, post: 3418762, member: 90140"]Thanks to all for either new information or confirmation of what I could figure out. [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] - great URLs (hereby bookmarked). But it's not gold. As [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] pointed out, it should be silver, which was the direction my research had taken me, causing me utter confusion. Sweet "helpful image," Severus, thank you so dang much! I appreciate tremendously the interpretation - who, what, when and where concluded. At least per the coin itself. I wonder if I'll find something similar - as Pellinore made clear to me - most likely fantasy or forgery. And [USER=74834]@Pellinore[/USER] thanks for the URL. You're correct, but I wonder what those fantasy coins went for. Too bad acsearch wants all that money to find out. You are also dead on with your observation about careless treatment; that was my first observation when I saw the coin. However, the 'darkness' at or inside of those hacks, dings and scratches, especially the one at twelve o'clock on the obverse provided darn near conclusive evidence that it was not gold. Y'all are great! You solidified my optimism that I would get answers or at least clues by posting here. I so wish I had known of cointalk years ago.[/QUOTE]
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