A local certification authority has issued a cert and the public is as below (parsed with openssl) :

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Modulus (1023 bit):
    5d:10:63:d3:d8:00:2a:50:ab:65:8a:f0:92:83:b0:
    6a:39:e3:0c:38:aa:f5:32:23:71:25:8e:4a:8d:50:
    fd:80:a3:95:59:33:27:92:88:d0:1d:28:dd:05:7c:
    b6:a0:5e:68:9e:b4:70:c9:bd:28:8a:fb:6d:95:0a:
    38:83:f9:8d:15:b1:3a:33:bf:d7:ab:1c:5e:1b:d3:
    d6:c1:1a:f8:05:7f:ef:22:23:48:ef:48:a2:8d:99:
    90:10:81:8a:54:dd:16:9e:7f:d0:88:a8:b7:34:68:
    be:4d:8f:dc:4b:5d:d9:72:c5:a4:88:a6:40:fa:f2:
    f7:16:79:a8:35:3d:f2:ad
Exponent: 3 (0x3)
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The key pair was generated by the CA (smart-card based) and it was supposed to be a 1024-bit RSA key. I retrieved the certificate from the smart card and parsed it with openssl.

I am just wondering why did openssl report it as 1023-bit?
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