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Rest in Peace
United States
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I also recently purchased the memorial key. I believe it is the 1970-s small date, but I would appreciate it if you guys could verify. The pic makes it look nicked and scratched like crazy on the obverse, but it looks pretty nice in hand. I pulled it straight out of a mint set, so it has never seen circulation.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It looks like you have a large  date to me. The inside curl of the 9 is pointing to the bottom of the 7. Edited by coindexter
07/22/2008 1:04 pm
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It is difficult to tell. There is a lot of shadowing, preventing a good look at the curl in the 9. Based on the "level" look of the date and the weak LIBERTY compared to the stronger details, I am inclined to say it might be a small date. I would like to see if you can zoom in on the date, especially the curl of the 9 for a better determination.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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it is difficult to tell but it looks like a small date. better pictures are needed for me to know for sure
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a tough call with the photo because of distortion around the date. Can you do a closeup of that area?
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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oooo, I so LOVE using the loupe with this camera. Here are some pretty good shots! I am 99.999% sure that this is the small date. I have been comparing the diagnostics intently to this site: http://www.lincolncentresource.com/...alldate.htmlThe liberty is weak in all the correct spots. The 9 has an inward curve(better evident in my posted photos. The top of the date is even, etc.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Your closeup clinches it for me...the length of the 7's stroke below the 0 is another good diagnostic for LD/SD. I also know how some cameras pick out hairlines over mint luster on coins. This variety is particularly tough to photograph due to die polish lines around LIBERTY and the date. Edited by KurtS
07/22/2008 2:49 pm
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United States
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I am seeing a small date! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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agreed, definitely a small date
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Pillar of the Community
United States
869 Posts |
I think that I have a small date 70 also. But my 7 seems a lot larger than his. I must have the rarest 1970-s now  (small date 9 and a large date 7)umm]   Edited by coindexter
07/23/2008 05:03 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
4849 Posts |
definitely large date due to the strong liberty and arangement of the date. I agree though that the 9 looks funny for the large date. I don't know what's up with that.
What would you grade mine guys. The pics definitely don't make the coin look good, lol. I can assure you though that the coin has not been circulated. It hasn't even been touched at all until I removed it from the mint set plastic. There are a few scuffs, but not nearly as many as evident in the photos. MS-60? maybe 61?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I find it's tough to grade MS coins from pics, especially when a camera picks out hairlines (as does mine).
Despite that one spot (common on mint set coins), I'm going to guess 62-63 RD.
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07/23/2008 3:20 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Sometimes the distinction between large/small date is very obvious, but then other times you get those ones that appear to be somewhere "in-between", much like the one in the pic above. I wonder if there is actually a "medium date" or transitional variety for this year?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Who can send in my picture to PCGS to have them look at it? I wounder if they have seen one before or how many are out there like this one. Maybe they will add it to the error list and I will become a millionaire. Ha Ha
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Posted 07/22/2008 1:53 pm
