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Pillar of the Community
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Both are PMD. The metal has been displaced during circulation. |
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Okay fair enough what about the picture from the PCGS site you don't see it in that picture too
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It would explain also by the bottom leg of the two is so thick or fanned out at the end because one of them is slightly tilted kind of like the mint mark
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Bedrock of the Community
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Keep in mind at that time the gumball machines used cents instead of quarters. So the cent suffered with these in the mecks.  Back then we were excited to get a cent for the machine and now, they lay in the parking lots getting run over. Edited by coop
07/18/2020 3:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree, all irregularities here are due to circulation damage.
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but three different coins all having what would appear to be the same thing...did they all go in the same Gumball Machine? Still doesn't answer the one about the PCGS picture it don't look like it's been to circulation and I can distinctly see the outline of three different two's in that picture |
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Consider submitting your coin(s) to a reputable numismatic professional--not necessarily for slabbing/grading, just to critically evaluate what you have.
Maybe start with a decent coin shop in the St Louis area, if you get up that way now and then.
Edited by ijn1944
07/18/2020 3:29 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your looking too close at the devices. 10% should be the max. I use 2.5-35X on my scope. But collectors won't buy something if they can see it with a 10X loupe.
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I'm not trying to get rich off anybody. This is just something I do for fun. I'm just trying to verify what I know I'm seeing is all. I also thought I might have been staring too hard that's why I looked for a pic of the coin online and seen the same thing with no magnification other than cropping the photo once. Maybe some you have been staring at them so long you don't see everything anymore instead you maybe only see what your looking for to expedite the process a little, subconsciously of course
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The way I know I'm looking too close is when I see it in the scope, but my camera can't get an image of it. Then I know it is too minor. (my scope is an infinite zoom scope with 3.5-35X. If a buyer of a coin can't see something with a 10X loupe, then they aren't interested and move on to another coin. So too close can be too close.
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Posted 07/18/2020 3:11 pm
