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New Member
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This one was given to me by my grandmother, I was looking at it and looking at it and looking at it because above the D in "GOD", it sure does look like an "S". I'm lost. I looked through a magnifying gless, light and all angles and still it looks like an "S"
I know that you guys would like to see pictures, I have a new computer and I cant seem to get the files to transfer on this site so at this moment I am trying to figure out a way to get the images to show, I would like you to see exactly what I see, andd if not exactly what I see, at least closest.
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New Member
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is just damage- there is a big scrape through the D to the top of the head
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New Member
United States
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I thought so too when I saw it , after a good hour or so of examination, it surely is not a scratch. I can look at it and see the entire "D", I looked at that over and over again to make sure it was not a scratch. That area is flattend, if it were a scratch, the "D" would not be visable right? It may not be an "S" mint mark, but it surely is something, I will try to enlarge the picture good enough for you to see too. Give me a sec...
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi,
It's a beat up D. The metal moved and just happens to resemble something else. That kind of thing happens all the time as we are prone to seeing things that aren't there in the name of finding something.
We've all done that:-)
Have Fun,
Bill
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New Member
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wow, I can accept that one. A beat up D it is. Thanks for the replies.
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Pillar of the Community
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I concur with Bill...as usual.
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New Member
United States
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I'm not questioning anyone's input on this,I asking this question because I am curious to know which piece of metal did that mark come from. Some of the damaged coins I own have scrapes like this, but dont leave such a mark like this one. I look at the others and the number and/or letter is gone, and if it's not gone, I can clearly see the damage done to it. I assume you guys have run across many, I cant seem to find any pictures that resemble this one...anywhere, so please, when the Professionals find one like mine, please send me pictures.....that's if you got time, it would surely help me avoid posting things like this. I'n still a little new to this
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Pillar of the Community
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To conclude that it is damage, we look at the overall coin to see if there is anything that could have happened during the minting process to cause what is on or not on the coin. This damage did not happen during the minting of the coin.
Take a look above the word TRUST, you can see other damage caused by any one of an infinite number of unknown objects. That leads us in the direction of damage since it usually happens that if one part of a coin is damaged, another part will be as well.
Now, look at the D. You can see that the right side of the D is smashed flat. There is no way to tell what smashed it but it is likely that while the other damage occurred that this damage also happened.
The right side of the D is smashed and the metal that was a raised part of the D has been moved in a way that ended up having a little squiggle to it.
Knowing what the D is supposed to look like and seeing how the metal was moved allows us to determine that the coin was damaged.
Thanks,
Bill
Edited by foundinrolls
10/11/2008 4:42 pm
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New Member
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Got it! Now I see what you are talking about. Thanks
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Posted 10/10/2008 4:37 pm
