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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 927362, member: 15445&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="3">:smile </font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="3">I just bought this wowzer from my friendly dealer Mike.&nbsp; I’ve seen a similar coin/pattern recently posted here at CT by LostDutchman.&nbsp; (see </font><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t106115/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t106115/"><font size="3"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.cointalk.com/t106115/</span></font></a><font size="3">).&nbsp; LostDutchman’s coin appeared to be silver color &amp; mine is copper color.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">This pattern has one of the coolest eagles on the reverse.&nbsp; At first, I thought that the eagle was one of those Griffin creatures with the head of an eagle &amp; the body of a lion with wings.&nbsp; I recognized it now as a stylized eagle by Karl Goetz.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"> <img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/DeutchesReich5Mark1913PatternSlabOb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/DeutchesReich5Mark1913PatternSlabRe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Regarding LostDutchman’s coin, Chrisild pointed out that the eagle on the reverse is the imperial eagle.&nbsp; It has been disassembled from the crown &amp; Prussian eagles in this Goetz design which may be the reason why this piece never became a coin.&nbsp; Read more at: </font><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t106115-2/#ixzz0rbIE5ZS0" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t106115-2/#ixzz0rbIE5ZS0"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://www.cointalk.com/t106115-2/#ixzz0rbIE5ZS0</span></font></a></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">I appreciate your letting me share my new purchase although I really don’t know too much about it right now.&nbsp; I do believe that it should have the word cameo somewhere in the slab’s grade.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">The color is difficult to capture without it getting all washed out from the lighting.&nbsp; These last two photos of the slab should provide an idea about the brightness, toning &amp; color. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/DeutchesReich5Mark1913PatternSla-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/DeutchesReich5Mark1913PatternSlabCo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Again, thanks for letting me share &amp; I look forward to learning more about this coin. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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