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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 5442212, member: 78244"]This coin is a completely genuine 1839 N-8 “Head of 1840” Braided Hair large cent. The USofA on the reverse was punched in low relief relative to the wreath, so circulation wear, die wear, and any grease in the dies could make the words very weak in low grades. </p><p><br /></p><p>If any of you thinking fake would have put in a minimum of effort to seek out other low grade examples to compare to, you would have found out that the missing USofA is actually fairly common for this variety.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 5442212, member: 78244"]This coin is a completely genuine 1839 N-8 “Head of 1840” Braided Hair large cent. The USofA on the reverse was punched in low relief relative to the wreath, so circulation wear, die wear, and any grease in the dies could make the words very weak in low grades. If any of you thinking fake would have put in a minimum of effort to seek out other low grade examples to compare to, you would have found out that the missing USofA is actually fairly common for this variety.[/QUOTE]
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