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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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All I see are small H's . When you have each in hand it's like looking at the 1965 pointed and blunt five. Sometimes your mind tries to trick you into thinking... oh it's a such and such. But when you see how obvious the point is on a pointed five, it's just so clear.
The same thing applies here I think. When it's a large H with the two big squares comprising it's center, it's just so plainly clear that it's a Large H.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Nice overlay DV,
Wish I had the technology and expertise to do that
Sigh!
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Valued Member
Canada
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Ugly - Can you post a picture of a large H so we can see what one looks like? The 3rd coin I posted seems to have the least "slanted roof" effect but still slanted some.
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Valued Member
Canada
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This is the best picture I can find of a large H at the moment. Maybe Ugly or someone has something better.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Even at that size, I can see the difference to my coin.
The interiors portions of the H are noticeably larger.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1733 Posts |
I don't have a better shot, my camera is being really flaky on macro at the moment and it's prevented me from posting some pictures of ten cent toners for the grading subforum. I am undertaking to acquire a new SLR.
I do have a large H in mint state and it has the two large square open areas. The small H has the upper monopoly house I spoke of.
I mean, this is how I've always diagnosed them and this is what I saw in the first pic of this thread. If anyone has a better diagnostic method for these, please do post it! I'm not worried about being wrong in the least, it's just what my grandfather taught me and I've never looked into it beyond that. I've never tried any form of spacing attribution at all on these, they are too consarned small for me.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Not that I don't believe Ugly but wanted to see if there is any other way besides shape to tell one from the other. I saw too many pictures today while looking around that were attributed Large H but had different shapes to the inside of the H's in some cases. That and the hockey game was beginning to irritate me a bit  So I decided to measure the H's with my little usb microscope and found that 3 of the 4 I uploaded pictures of are essentially the same height and width but one of them (2nd certified one just back from ICCS) is the same height but 10% wider (measuring device came in at .46 for 3 and .50 for number 4). Not really conclusive but thought I would throw it out there anyway. I measured each H on each coin 3 times and took the average. The next plan is to get my hands on one attributed to be a large H and see what I find. Edited by marjonbc
06/07/2011 12:00 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It seems to me that the H of the 1902 large H and the 1903 small H are the same size. And that's what leads to a lot of confusion.
The sequence should be called something like
1902 tiny H
1902 small H
1903 small H
1903 large H
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Valued Member
Canada
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I just tried out that theory on the raw 1902 H 5 cents I have at home... have to grab the TPG ones and look at them as well but quick numbers look like this (since I don't know if the actual measurements are accurate on this USB scope treat them as a ratio) I may only have the 1902 tiny H rather then the small. Oh.. and the Canucks - Boston game 1902 Small .5 tall Tiny H? .35 wide 1902 Large .65 tall .54 wide 1903 Small .61 tall .46 wide 1903 Other .61 tall This is the one TPG small H but is larger than the other one TPG graded small H .50 wide Nothing really conclusive other than there were probably a number of H punches each year maybe? The small 1902 above is also shaped a lot different than any of the rest of the 02 or 03 H's I have  Also wondering if anyone has a theory on what someone did to cause the damage pictured below?  Edited by marjonbc
06/09/2011 12:25 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have some good pictures to help you with determining the large H from the small H
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Valued Member
Canada
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Rest in Peace
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Always remember the Veterans  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Edited by Canadian Beaver Hunter
11/11/2012 6:46 pm
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New Member
Canada
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Hey everyone. I just got my first detector and thought I would check out the garden before it got planted and I came up with my first silver..
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Valued Member
United States
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Seems to me the small "1902" H has little or no serif's - the large "1902" H has full serifs and is larger in size. cameron93 in his pictures shows this difference quite well.
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Posted 06/05/2011 2:10 pm
I will try to load the pics now
