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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 1735321, member: 18320&quot;]That&#039;s beautiful...rimless I note; the ornate two is <i>much</i> finer, as is the EAR</p><p><br /></p><p>The Crown also looks simpler...not as busy.&nbsp; Really sweet!</p><p><br /></p><p>My comment about the mint-mark had more to do, as you surmised, with relative size when compared to modern examples.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a clue how many mints were working then, but it seems somehow unusual that it was more important then than now to blaze the coin so prominently.&nbsp; Different times...</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the history lesson, Christian![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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