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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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100% LD
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
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Okay, move the photo of 197 to the top of your computer window which will serve as a horizontal ruler. The tip of no.1 will be perfectly aligned with the top of 7. It will also show that the top of 9 where the Mechanical Doubling begins is aligned with 7. However, doing the same with the lower portion will show that the lower tail of 7 goes beyond the bottom of 1 & 0 which will make it a LD. Your comments please. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Also, the loop in the nine points at the bottom of the leg on the seven. Large date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is a Lg. date but do not pay any attention to the height of the 7
Look for the tail of the 9 as stated and for the crease 45 deg. at where the hor. bar and rest of the seven meet.
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New Member
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Here's a little tip: If the tip of the curl of the 9 is squared off, its a large date.
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Valued Member
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I am now more confused. So the determining factor after all for a SD should be the bottom of the 7 that should not go lower than 1 & 0 regardless whether there is or no crease, tip of the 9 is squared or pointing to certain direction, top of 7 is leveled, etc. Is that correct?
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Valued Member
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Thanks rockdude but that's where my confusion begins. That's one of the site that tells us to look for this and that but then in the final analysis its the tail of the 7 that should not extend lower than 1 & 0 lol.
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Bedrock of the Community
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With experience you'll be able to instantly spot these without over-analyzing. It's strange, but the faster I analyze them, the more accurate I am. LOL For me it's all in the bottom of the 7. It's WAY shorter than on a large date. Next, the 0 is also different, it's more round than oval. I cobbled this together using a circ large date and a proof small date:  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Valued Member
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Yes BadThad I agree that the easiest way is to go for the 7s bottom. Thanks all.
junjie
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here is one you can print out and keep as a guide. I've posted it many times, but I hope you appreciate it again.  |
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Valued Member
Philippines
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Wow nice pictures Coop thanks. First time to see & I will keep it. I am just wondering why your top photo is a large date when aligning the the top of 7 to the level of 197 the 7 per se will be even shorter than the small dates' 7. Here it is the point of the 9 that determines the size and not the actual size of 7. Is that correct?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Correct. I was trying to show that the lower part of the 7 is lower than the zero in the date. So there are two ways to find them with the naked eye so you can cherry pick them at the coin shows.
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Valued Member
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Okay nice, thanks again Coop.
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