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The seller on ebay listed this one for buy now $4.95 free shipping.I don't see a lot of MAD this old (41 years) in this condition so I jumped all over this one. Pictures are from the listing as I only bought it today but believe it shows enough detail that it's in pretty good shape.It's a very nice example of a MAD. Enjoy   |
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That is a FANTASTIC buy! Super nice. Congrats.  |
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That is a FANTASTIC buy! Super nice. Congrats. Thanks Silverstackerkid. I just hope it's just as nice in hand. Edited by jasper62
07/03/2015 6:22 pm
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Awesome find .. Gotta love them mad coins .!!
Congrats .! Let us know how it is in hand .. !!
Phil \m/
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Sweet pickup!  Was trying to make out if its Type 1 or Type 2, but can't with my old eyes. Thanks, Doug. |
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The kind of coin you will congratulate yourself for buying every time you see it.
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Was trying to make out if its Type 1 or Type 2 I didn't know there was a type1 and type2. Does anyone know what a type1 & type2 is and how to tell the difference? |
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If you can get some images out of the 2X2, I would like to add them to my educational files.
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If you can get some images out of the 2X2, I would like to add them to my educational files. As soon as I get it coop I'll get some pictures up |
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The 1974-P-D-S Small & Large Date cents have an interesting history. They were promoted as such in the 1970s by a marketing firm and then faded away as they got no publicity whatsoever as did the 1960, 1970 and 1982 Lg and Sm Dates -- which got all kinds of publicity. In an article by John Wexler in his Error-Variety News, he even indicated that he ignored the ads for many years (not that the ads ran that long but Wexler never forgot them) assuming they were just the result of over-polished (abraded) dies until he decided to take a closer look and learned that they were actual die varieties. I wrote about them for Coin World's Collectors Clearinghouse, I think in the early 1990s, but they continued to be ignored as they are today. These varieties, common or not should be standard listings in the Red Book with a slot provided for them in every album. The differences are far more prominent and widespread than those on all the other Lg and Sm date cents except perhaps the 1982. |
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So, is a MAD, actually an off-center strike?
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The MAD only affects the one side. An off center shows both sides affected. The hammer die is adjustable and the anvil die is in a fixed position. So miss alignment will show on just one side of a MAD coin. MAD:   Off center:  Edited by coop
07/05/2015 2:47 pm
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Posted 07/03/2015 6:11 pm
