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NEWP - 1761 Cologne taler (sede vacante issue)

I have been chewing my nails waiting for this one to arrive. It is a 1 year type sede vacante taler from Cologne that depicts the Nativity scene. I am intrigued by the somewhat unrefined nature of the coin's design. It has some slightly cleaned areas on either side of the figure on the obverse, but nevertheless it is a keeper.

Also interesting to note are the raised bumps above the keys on the obverse. I was suspicious when I noticed them in the seller's pics, but upon review of other examples on coinarchives.com, it looks like similar bumps are found on the handful issues they had available.

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