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Nice work on the reverse photos @FlyingAl. The coin that was recently sold at auction for $16,000 appears to be a die transfer counterfeit. The die makers often rework the dentils, dates and other ar… (View Post)

Questions for those who think that this is the same coin: 1) why would the "coin doctor" spend a tremendous amount of labor and skill to rework the denticles from 6 o'clock to 9 o'… (View Post)

I agree with @LanceNewmanOCC, @jesbroken, @Victa and others that these are not the same two coins. I can see how it might be confusing, but there's two much differentiation to possibly be the sa… (View Post)

Another real possibility is that this is a die-transfer (EDM) counterfeit with reworked dentilation. It would not be the first time that we have seen something like that. It could also possibly expla… (View Post)

So in conclusion, we are ALL CORRECT: This is the same coin, but not the same coin In other words, the damaged coin was used to make transfer dies, which were then reworked to strike a counterfeit ..… (View Post)