But, I won't needlessly cast doubts here.
Posted 03/28/2008 8:14 pm
Sorry, I should have explained better, but I was rushing to dinner when I posted this. I bought this coin for small money because there was some question as to its authenticity. Here are my thoughts: If you focus on the reverse (shield side), there is a star between and slightly to the right of the other two. They should all look the same, but they obviously don't. To me it seems that the coin may have been struck, then the die rotated a few degrees counterclockwise and lightly struck again. That would explain the diagonal lines through the third star and the marks on the edge of the shield at three and nine o'clock.....or maybe it's just a poorly made fake. Any thoughts?
