1875-S 20 Cents - Error Or Just Wishful Thinking? - Page 2

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biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 09:00 am CherryPickers Guide lists a mispunched digit in denticles below 8. However, it has a notation that there is no premium because the MPD is actually more common that a normal coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Ralph Pillar of the Community United States 1582 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 09:34 am Well.....so much for being scarce, huh? Still, it's a nice find, don't you think? Ralph Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 10:57 am Definitely a good eye Ralph I am not sure I would have noticed that as an MPD is not something I would normally look for- now I need to check my own 20 center Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 12:00 pm Quote: I am curious as to whether this is something that happened alot back in the day when everything was done by hand. It's prevalent for the period, especially on IHCs. One IHC from 1870 has as many as 4 sets of digits in the denticles--I included an image of this variety below. Since it's hard to imagine intentional date placement would be that far off, the theory is these impressions were to test die softness during the hubbing process. a multiple MPD: image source: Eagle Eye Rare Coins Report this Post to the Staff
Ralph Pillar of the Community United States 1582 Posts	Posted 11/12/2008 12:02 pm Funny thing about how I came to see it - someone suggested that it may be a mite off center due to the difference in thickness of the rim. While it does show a slight difference in hand, it's not significant - just a trick of my old scanner. I turned it upside down and scanned it that way just to see if it was different, saved it to my computer, and enlarged it for a better view...that's when I noticed the MPD. Went looking for something that wasn't there, and found something that was. Trip, huh? Ralph Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 11/13/2008 07:35 am Kurt: Great pictures! Thanks for posting them. Report this Post to the Staff
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