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. I disagree that @Rexford makes a convincing argument at all. With the possible exception of some die over-polishing, everything shown in their posts and your post is consistent with the normal Quar… (View Post)

There was also this "1861" Clark Gruber "fantasy" struck over an 1808 Irish silver piece. I would have bid more, but I knew that a friend of mine was bidding, so I dropped out rat… (View Post)

@Rexford - thanks for posting the close-up pictures. Some of the artifacts in your pictures are small post-strike contact marks. I think you underestimate the types and quantity of irregularities tha… (View Post)

. The surface texture of the subject item is not much different than a genuine [1900] proof. See the areas I outlined in the image below. Genuine gold proofs of that era have a distinctive field text… (View Post)

Neat. (View Post)