Austacker, #8 has been affected by either acid or salt water. If the acid is weak enough it will thin the coin as well as keeping a lot of the detail.
Oh and if you have had that coin in hand and believe it was fake, I would suggest give up coin collecting, or go back to collecting pre decimal...
Just a quick reply, obviously reading through this rubbish I have noted a few points. Obviously Serial has no idea on where we are located, QLD...
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