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Pillar of the Community
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I think it looks like the wide O type, I find it easier to look at the bottom curl of the 9 it has more curl than the narrow curl?
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Valued Member
Canada
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yes, it is a wide 0, based on the tail of the '9'. I still haven't been able to find a narrow 0
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i think its a narrow 0 based on the denticles in the picture shown from malibu. and the placement of the date to the denticles matches that of the narrow. I see what the other guys are saying about the curve of the 9
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Ok...so it looks like we have it narrowed down to either the narrow or the wide 0 variety. Thats a start.  I will see if I can get a better pic soon. From the literature I have read and with the pictures included in the literature...I have to go with the wide 0 variety. I say this based more or less on the design of the 9. The pictures show with the narrow variety that the 9 has a very slight curve to the 9 while the wide variety has a distinct upward curve to the 9. Also...for the narrow variety the leg of the 9 is more pointed as to the 9 in the wide variety which is noticeably blunt. Just my 2 cents on this 10 cent coin. cladhunter13 |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Its a wide '0'. Odd thing is, the easiest way to tell is to look at the 8. The bottom circle of the 8 is twice as large in the Narrow date than it is in the wide.  Edited by laconic
07/27/2010 08:04 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice comparison laconic. I see it better now
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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OK...Wide 0 it is. Thank you all for the help. |
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Valued Member
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I hate to bring this topic up again but I just found 2 examples today whilst roll searching.
Does anyone have anything else in the way of updates that we can add to this subject..
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Does anyone have anything else in the way of updates that we can add to this subject. I have never seen a circulation-strike narrow 0 variety. From what I've seen all narrow 0 coins come from sets.  |
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Happy 500th cladhunter! (:
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Canada
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I've just gone through my 84 examples of 1980 dimes that I had stockpiled, and they're all Wide 0. I suspect the higher price for mint state Wide 0 examples, as given by Charlton, is because they are harder to find at that condition than the Narrow 0 dimes. Charlton also suggests there should be Narrow 0 examples that circulated... I agree with laconic's post about the shape of the 8 being the most obvious distinguishing feature, followed next by the "curl" of the 9. Below is a shot of the Narrow 0 example found in my prestige specimen set, and a Wide 0 from circulation:   I'll still keep my eyes peeled for 1980 Narrow 0 coins in circulation  |
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I too am 0-for-many with the narrow "0" in looking through circulation rolls.
So I recently gave up and bought a narrow variety from a PL set. It cost under $2... sometimes I wonder why I bother roll searching for stuff like this!
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