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Italy 5 Lire Puzzled

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I got this recently and for some reason doesn't feel quite right although I cant really find anything obvious. It weighs 24.92g (0.08 short)and does sounds like silver as well as my N52 magnets don't slides off too quickly off it. However I see some wavy pattern around the head on the obverse and the star above the figure seems to be too close to the edge. Here is a similar one from Heritage,
http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...122027#Photo

What do you think ?



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The wavy pattern looks like normal fingerprints to me.
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To be honest I can't distinguish the difference between C#22.1 and 22.3 in the Krause.

Yours looks fine to me.
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Could it be a fingerprint? A close up of the area would help.
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