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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi,
I'd say it's a large date that's had a few knocks to the date area.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks Kurt, I kinda figured that was the case but it never hurts to get some other opinions!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Eh, no variety expert but I'd say lg. date. The general rule is small dates have the '7' completely level with the rest of the date, whereas you seven is a little low. And on the sm. date the liberty is a very weak strike whereas your liberty looks like a strong strike with a little natural wear.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yep Large date. The m.m. is more closer to the 9. It should be more in between the 9 and 7.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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kurt number two picture is great.
Coindexter see how the nine rolls around and points at the 7? And how his 0 is more round where yours is egg shaped
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's interesting Kurt! Nice job!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I always thought also, that the 9 was pointed on the small date, it doesn't look like that on the Heritage coin (bottom pic).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Heritage coin is a SD too...the photo is obscured from shooting through a slab (and scaling up for this comparison). The LD 9 has a much different inner hook even from this example: 1970-S Large Date 1970-S Small Date © Copyright 2007, Charles D. Daughtrey (Coppercoins)Edited by KurtS
09/28/2008 2:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I just noticed myself that on thelarge date the 7 hangs below the 0 and on the small its even with the 0
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes--that's one diagnostic I use to tell the two apart.  I also look at the length of the top stroke of the 7, and the notch in the upper right corner. |
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you mean how on the large its sharp and on the small its round? in the seven that is!
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, the small date should have a beveled junction in the 7, where the large date has a deep notch. However, sometimes this feature is worn down so you need to look at the date as a whole. Here's a good writeup by Coppercoins on the LD/SD differences. |
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10% of mint set '70-S cents were small dates and this is the primary source for them. There were a few made for circulation as well.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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