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It's a variety listed by Snow (S28).
He calls it "Spiked Lip".
His description is:
"This is very scarce and interesting variety. The die gouge out of the upper lip is very dramatic."
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Interesting variety. I was aware of this variety but I had never seen it before. Snow give it a 3 star rating. Thanks for posting.
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That is just caused by a die scratch or gouge isn't it?
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The die would have the gouge where it was nicked by a tool or whatever, resulting in a raised surface on the coin.
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I've seen a few of these--but I don't have the Snow guide for 1899 to lookup. Too bad the coin is in the hands of this seller--a lot he sells are cleaned, whizzed, retoned, etc.  "AU+"? No Way. Edited by DVCollector
03/17/2014 6:52 pm
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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That's a nice place for a file mark. Yeah...I can go crazy looking for a specific variety; I have better luck just scanning for a longer list. One of these was reported on CCF some years ago. |
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DV...that's one sweet coin !  I have a coin show to go to this weekend and will look for as many Snow varieties as I can. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I find coin shows are the best place to find varieties--there are far fewer eyes than eBay--good luck, post your finds!  |
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Way to Go Raymo. Nice find.
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Raymo--congrats, very nice find--and for cheap! |
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Thanks guys, not the best condition but I bet it will look better in hand. Man I went through over 1100 1902's. This one surprised me the way he had the reverse as his main pic.
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 I suspect it could grade into VG. I think you lucked out with the rev as main picture. Edited by DVCollector
03/26/2014 8:12 pm
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