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Rest in Peace
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Pillar of the Community
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Ya it looks backwards to me!
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Yeah I know, it's really strange. Unless there is some weird variety for this date/mintmark, I'm steering clear and emailing the seller.
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Valued Member
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What mint used an "8" as its mark?
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It maybe inverted  |
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Valued Member
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Amac44
inversion wouldn't cause a mirror image to occur. an inversion causes the top to look bigger but is still readable as a "S"
Richard
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Bedrock of the Community
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The 1896-S is one of the three keys for the Barber quarter series. This is probably a failed attempt at the alteration of an 1896(P) or an 1896-O. |
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The seller said he got it from his grandpa's collection, I'm obviously not going to bid, but without acting too aggressive, I respectfully suggested that he get an expert to look at it or get it authenticated.
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The current bid is over $200, I feel real bad for anyone who ends up with this thing.
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Pillar of the Community
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The mint mark looks like an ampersand to me.
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I would not buy it. Stick to certified on this date. There are just too many shady people entering our hobby unfortunately. Just my opinion.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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I would never buy one of these unauthenticated unless the pictures of the mintmark revealed it to be perfect location, the subtle signs of fakes were all nonpresent, and there was a good picture of the rim. Also, there would need to be at least a 7 day return policy so that I could take it to a reputable dealer.
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Pillar of the Community
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As stated by David Lawrence in his book on Barbers, if you have an AG coin, it is probably good (real).
Looks okay to me, just a minor hit on the MM.
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Actually weren't the mint marks stamped onto the working dies manually back then? That is why there seem to be so many variances in the mint mark location and size. I heard of a case when they made one die for the SF Mint they accidentally placed the "S" horizontally before correcting it with a second strike of a vertical "S". Could this have been the case here?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't know the 96-S quarter that well but I believe there was just one reverse die for the issue. If that is the case then if it doesn't match a known genuine specimen, well. . .
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Posted 06/25/2008 11:45 pm
