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1978 Nickel Dollar Broken Water Line

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Checked a roll of 1978 Nickel Dollars today and found a few coins with a broken bottom water line or can we call it an extra water line. Makes for a nice variety for 1978. Posted a picture of the regular water line to compare.
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 Posted 02/24/2023  09:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mcshilling to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
1978 broken water line is usually easy to find. Nice find.
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Found only in the business strikes, there are two types to look for with the Broken Water Line:

Broken Water Line, Normal Island (Rev-004)
Broken Water Line, Small Island (Rev-005)

Of all the six business strike varieties, by far the hardest one to find is No Island, Full Water Lines (Rev-003). Most I do find are really "baggy" AU coins. My best one is MS-63. Over the past 15 years, I probably only have ever found 15 or so of that variety.
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SPP - so my first picture is the full water line no island / Rev-003 , second picture would be the Normal Island Rev- 004. Nice varieties.
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No, your first photo is Full Water Lines, Small Island
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Yup, I double checked that roll. None with No Islands.
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