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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2038138, member: 27832"]Yep. Look closely at that edge-on shot -- you can see two copper layers instead of one, and the reeds on the top half are offset slightly to the left of the reeds on the bottom half.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the only reasons I've seen this done are to make a two-headed/two-tailed coin, or a fake mule -- I don't know why someone would do it with a normal obverse and reverse, and I don't know why they'd get the thickness wrong. Maybe they were practicing on this one. Maybe they were trying to make a fake rotated-die example, although that would seem kind of pointless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2038138, member: 27832"]Yep. Look closely at that edge-on shot -- you can see two copper layers instead of one, and the reeds on the top half are offset slightly to the left of the reeds on the bottom half. Now, the only reasons I've seen this done are to make a two-headed/two-tailed coin, or a fake mule -- I don't know why someone would do it with a normal obverse and reverse, and I don't know why they'd get the thickness wrong. Maybe they were practicing on this one. Maybe they were trying to make a fake rotated-die example, although that would seem kind of pointless.[/QUOTE]
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