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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 3982226, member: 105571"]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">I call this fake and voted such. It has the correct diagnostics for the C-4 (Obv. 3, Rev. C) and the die lump at "1"; blunt left foot at "T"; Die flaw at "A" and others. So, it appears to me that the host coin was genuine and not a mixed die marriage.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">What bothers me is the line on the obverse running from her cheek in front of the ear, through the neck curl and across the bust drapery. This is not wear, the curl should be complete at this stage of wear and I don't believe the line is a die artifact. It is most likely an artifact of the die transfer process. My conclusion is bolstered by your post of the second coin which has the exact same line.</span></font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 3982226, member: 105571"][LEFT][SIZE=16px][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=rgb(20, 20, 20)]I call this fake and voted such. It has the correct diagnostics for the C-4 (Obv. 3, Rev. C) and the die lump at "1"; blunt left foot at "T"; Die flaw at "A" and others. So, it appears to me that the host coin was genuine and not a mixed die marriage. What bothers me is the line on the obverse running from her cheek in front of the ear, through the neck curl and across the bust drapery. This is not wear, the curl should be complete at this stage of wear and I don't believe the line is a die artifact. It is most likely an artifact of the die transfer process. My conclusion is bolstered by your post of the second coin which has the exact same line.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/LEFT][/QUOTE]
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