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My question about these relates to Austrain Thalers that really are from 1780. Is there any way to differentiate between the real deal and the vast quantities of restrikes?
As far as I know you cannot tell which year it was minted with any degree of certainty, unless the coin has been in the possession of collectors with a recorded history ever since it was fresh from the mint.
Since I am very much attached to numbers and like the given year to be correct, I have not included this coin in my collection even though it is very nice too look at.
Edited by Litotes
12/30/2008 04:21 am