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I have been using my TV to view coins. Yesterday, I made a sad discovery: My TV screen distorts the view, and leads one to wrong conclusions! To wit: I have been calling '49AT, when they are, and should have been called between. I viewed all my '49's directly on the scope, and ONE IS an AT. Over 90 are between. kurtS, my appologies for causing you so much extra work! Not all was lost, as I found one that looks like a large/small on one of the "dei Gratia" areas, and "REX". Also there IS one DT.
I tried to get photos to post, but gave up in disgust, after not being able to locate them again! how does one lose things on a single computer, and camera? bbest not to answer.
Dick
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Hey--that sort of explains my confusion over your pics. I thought I saw some distortion, but felt there was enough data to work from.  Just one AT? Huh...I must have struck the jackpot here! I've been discussing my find with a dealer friend, and he suspects that a portion of the '49 AT mintage was diverted to CA for reasons unknown a long time ago. (I do note the 49-S Lincoln mintage is rather low) So, if you can, visit your local dealers. Whatever the reason, I'm going to take full advantage of the situation here!  Edited by KurtS
02/06/2008 1:28 pm
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Kurt, I wish you luck in your searches. I was not aware of the possibility, (nor why would they divert a % of the production to CA)? The shortage of "S" lincolns in CA reminds me of thje sugar shortages in Mexico.
There is a refinery in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, that has a capacity of 2 million tons of cane a year, and they have trouble getting sugar there! The white, (refined) is shipped out, and the light brown is in short supply. That "nrown" is good tasting, and better for you. It is NOT the "brown suasr we have here for cooking and baking. It is light brown, and very powdery, as to the "brown" suger here, which is very thick, and very dark.
Dick
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Kurt, here are the photos I waslooking fir last night:     this last one is the only 1953 I have and it looks like NSF. All three show what looks to be large over small in the three areas. It could also be Die Deterioration. Dick Edited by livingdinasaur
02/06/2008 4:59 pm
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That's an interesting penny! Since I don't see any separation, I'll guess MD. Well...it's just a theory about those '49 ATs. The "single cache" theory is out because I've found them at 3 dealers here, so I'm looking for another explanation. I have also heard of shipments of rare US coins to Australia in the past. To my little brain, having a high percentage of scarce coins in one region suggests a shipment of a specific mint run, but I cannot be sure! The other explanation might be that someone traveled to Ottawa in '49 and got some pennies just at the right moment and brought them back here. However, the fact that several dealers have these, and they're in F-XF grades suggests they were used for a short time and then dropped out of circulation? If these came from several sources, I'd consider that an unusual coincidence for the traveler theory. Therefore, I wonder if these were dumped into local circulation in a bulk quantity from another source? Just theories! Edited by KurtS
02/06/2008 4:01 pm
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Kurt, that might be athought. I say this, because thw 2100 coins I got from AZ, were from a retired pollice officer, who had them, since? He sold them, and I was the "next-in-line for ownership. They seem to have been part of a confiscation, or maybe evidence, that was released later, and sold. Who knows? those photos aren't the best, and I couldn't get the view I wanted to show the edges. That was what Gave mre the idea that it could be Die Deterioration. Which at times looke like a smaller letter on top of a bigger one. I.E, a large, over small strike. What ever was the scenario, re the seemingly large amount of coine in a particular area, in the US is common. Recall thr Michigan "cheese" issue. most of them went to Tucson, AZ> About the Canadian coins et al, I doubt they would ship any, down here to thr "lower 48". Dick |
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