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[Guest 1551]

This is erroneous thinking; just because he bought it there does not mean it was manufactured there. The guy in Thailand gets them from China.

Yeah, Oh I agree that its probably chinese. But my point is, it's not just the US getting all the crap into collections.

 

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[cudamark]

Yeah, doesn't look good. From your photos it almost looks sand blasted. A coin with that little wear should have lots of mint luster....toned or otherwise. I can see why he sold it at a swap meet. The coin shop probably told him to take a hike.