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noD Pillar of the Community United States 1584 Posts	Posted 02/27/2015 11:29 am Variety? Diameter 31mm. Report this Post to the Staff

noD Pillar of the Community United States 1584 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 04:20 am I shouldn't post when I'm in a rush. I apologize for the terse tone. Is 31mm unusual for reeded edge CBHs? Anyone know what variety this is? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 09:11 am 30 MM should be the correct size. Is the edge reeded? Report this Post to the Staff
noD Pillar of the Community United States 1584 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 11:17 am Yes, full reeding. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 4:39 pm I've been staring at this one for a while. It's as terminal as a die state gets, a real surprise to see dies age this greatly without cracking, on this issue. Not unprecedented, though. I don't have access to the full variety listing for these, but in research I saw at least GR-20 aging to this state with no cracking. GR-21 looks like a strong candidate when one looks at how the date might wear into a really advanced die state; yours has a rather odd look. I can't say for sure it's authentic, but it's hard to imagine counterfeit dies this aged. So I'm assuming it's real and trying to figure out how it came to this. Report this Post to the Staff
noD Pillar of the Community United States 1584 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 5:22 pm Thanks Dave. The coin is slightly bowl shaped, concave obverse, convex reverse. Edited by noD 03/01/2015 6:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 03/01/2015 7:02 pm At this stage of wear, one can expect the dies would no longer hold their original cross-sectional shape. Report this Post to the Staff
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