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Valued Member
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Just browsing ebay and found this interesting coin. I've been getting into cherrypicking so been still not down with the slang. I guess this has been repunched right? There is an "8" in the dentiles. Now, I don't think this one is worth his asking price... but does this error demand any sort of premium due to it being an 1875-S... and a 20c piece (which usually don't command any demand). http://www.ebay.com/itm/26105667216...t_500wt_1054This is an active listing, maybe it will help someone out. Let me know if I gave someone a HUGE steal too. I'm just here to learn. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I see something funny with the S mint mark. It looks bigger than it should, either that or it is really worn down. I just looked at my 1875 S which is in about the same shape, and the S MM on mine is nowhere worn down that much or is that large.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the fact that it sort of looks like the top of an 8 is purely coincidence. I think it's just some damage to the die.
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Valued Member
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The "S" is a little mushy, and there are rim dings too... hmmm... interesting.
Thanks for the help guys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Odd that in the Red Book it states that the Mint Mark should be below the Eagle. Directly below. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
Looks to be just a die chip.
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Pillar of the Community
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I tried to attribute the "dropped digit in dentails" when I submitted my 20 Cent Piece through ANACS, it did not fly, but it appeared to be part of the "7" or "5" of 1875. Yours does "appear" to be rounded like the "8", but...  Edited by oih82w8
07/30/2012 10:26 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is the top of an 18 down there in the denticals. Personally I think his price is very reasonable.
On the second coin that might be the top of a 5.
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Bedrock of the Community
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 the OP's coin is clearly an MPD--these were plentiful in IHCs of this era; it's guessed it was done to check die hardness. I'm not sure what premium this merits. |
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Valued Member
United States
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MPD. Misplaced date? Plentiful sounds like no real premium.
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Bedrock of the Community
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10045 Posts |
I don't know the demand...this one isn't in my Cherry Picker's Guide.
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Valued Member
United States
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I was almost thinking that this one is an S over S just by how mushy and elongated that S looks.
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slow: I didn't think about that... again I don't think I've ever seen and S/S on a 20c before either.
DV: I checked mine as well. Nothing. Maybe I could contact that seated liberty club, and see what they say.
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Pillar of the Community
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I checked mine. Something in the denticles but doesn't seem to be rounded enough to be the top of an 8. Also the M/M is in the same location, just not as mushy.   |
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There were a couple different S/S on the 1875 Twenty Cent Piece. Mine is the obvious version, but there are the "$" dollar sign, and a mushy one as well;  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Jeffrose--that could be an MPD too. A denticle may be hiding the curve. As I said--there were a lot of problems with die hardening in the 1870s, and they did a lot of hardness tests in the denticles. The more dramatic the MPD, the more the interest and premium. Here is a very dramatic example on an IHC--every one of those ridges crossing the denticles is an MPD.  |
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Posted 07/29/2012 9:20 pm
