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Pillar of the Community
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Bill,
The question I would like to ask is :How many secret operatives( undercover agents fighting for the same cause) were in on this "mission" from the beginning?
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You know...this is interesting as long as we're discussing this particular coin, or 1970-S small dates in general.  Since this thread got so much attention, this might be a good opportunity where someone like Chuck can help educate us on how this variety came about?  I have heard it was due to two different hub designs somewhere in the process? Obviously the date is a different design which originated on the hub--is that correct? |
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Well, I do notice that the first pic has a very weak 'E' in LIBERTY. It's strange how deceiving the '9' in that first picture was.
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It's strange how deceiving the '9' in that first picture was. There's an important lesson to be learned about interpreting coin photographs in this thread. Very slight angles can make very large differences in the appearance of the coin. So, if/when you hear me harping about getting the coin and the camera exactly parallel (and that's something I say with nauseating frequency), keep this thread in mind. |
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Yes, absolutely agreed with the importance of good pictures. I had no idea it mattered THIS much.
Moreover, the 1970S small date is a pretty obvious variety. Imagine what a poor picture can do to a more difficult variety!
Anyway, I guess I'm in good company asserting the first pic had a large date '9', since Bill initially agreed with me! I would never have bought that coin even for $1 based on that first picture!
By the way, no offense intended toward the photographer... my pictures are even worse. It's just an odd coincidence how it made that '9' look.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I've always wondered how many different dies made the small date S mints? Kurts look like two different dies according to the location of the mint marks. Kurts upper image looks closer to the date than the second one. The one I have has a thinner mint mark similar to the first one's location, but weaker in LIBERTY and thinner in the shape of the mint mark. I guess that probably somebody has tried to figure that out before?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ok Kurt here is a an image of my coin with your three images. The kurt 03 needs to be better to get it right. Added Chris 01  Edited by coop
03/06/2009 6:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Coop, wow...nicely composed!
Your SD is really interesting...I can't recall ever seeing a mm that far W.
The last coin wasn't my shot, but I'll look around for an equivalent.
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So what was the average die life for a Lincoln? We can see at least 4 different dies, evidenced by Coop's addition. That would speak to the relative population of this type.
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Pillar of the Community
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Vary nice pics everyone. You made me look at my roll of 70-S's again. Hoping I missed one. LOL. With the inside curl of the 9 pointing stright through the seven instead of down makes them easier to identify for me and also as long as there is no damage or to much wear on the date for the zero and seven to be level. Speaking of different dies I have seen quite a few with different size sevens(extending below or equal to the zero) catching my eye. But still being a large date 70-s.
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