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06/01/2015 06:39 am
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Up until the early 90s I believe the MM(mintmark) was added by stamping it into the die when needed. There are a couple different MM positions and as long as its underneath the date then there is no real added premium. Very common actually.
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I see a D below the 95, a die crack (?) connecting the 95 above, and a piece of hair (?) below the 8.
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The U. S. Mint stopped applying the mintmark to working dies in 1989. Beginning in 1990 all mintmarks were applied to the master die.Another point to remember is that the last punched in date by the U. S. Mint was in 1908, so after that year,the repunched date ceased to appear on U. S. coins.
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I see a D below the 95, a die crack (?) connecting the 95 above, and a piece of hair (?) below the 8. IMO it's not a die crack; it's a die scratch. Don't see the hair. Quote:
Do you see both of them? Almost 100% sure there are two. That "ghost" of one just below the "8" could easily push the value up quite a bit. Some research is needed. |
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I see a D below the 95, a die crack (?) connecting the 95 above, and a piece of hair (?) below the 8.
IMO it's not a die crack; it's a die scratch.
Don't see the hair.
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Do you see both of them?
I really don't see the ghost of anything below the 8. All I see on the coin is what I described previously which can only be guesses at this point due to the lack of clarity of the image in these areas. Adding some arrows would help tremendously as at this point I don't even know where to start looking. DoubleMan, some hints please. Edited by koinpro
06/01/2015 10:17 am
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Jean Cohen lists a number of "connects" with a die break between the upper 9 and 5. A few seem as though they may be this one. This is a common area for die cracks that year. Is this what you are referencing?
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LOL my pictures get worse as I go.
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Your pics are fine. The curved anomaly(s) below the 8 may just be die scratches, or may be struck-through a piece of something. Can you tell if it is incuse or raised? The size and shape don't really seem to match the shape of the highest point of the curve of the D, though they are close enough that I see why you started the thread! Best way to prove one way or the other is to do an overlay of the anomaly with a mintmark and see if they do line up. Keep in mind that you're trying to line up the topmost portion of the mintmark, not the bottom. If this anomaly was made with a mintmark punch (a bounce or glancing blow), then only the very highest surface of the punch would have hit the die. The highest surface is much smaller than the full-size mintmark, but it really appears the anomaly is about the size of the D or maybe even larger.
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Oh man! I wish I had a couple of you guys fairly close to me so I could bring coins to you.
I can't take very good pictures so I don't post very much and I'm pretty sure I have some unique and interesting coins that I would like to share but I know that I'm a crappy photographer lol.
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