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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hi, nlp, That mint mark does look "high" nice coin though, looks like a small date?
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'm not convinced its a small date. LIBERTY is fairly bold and consistent. On the small date I have an UNC and the loop of the 9 looks a little more squatty and oval... nlp
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That sure is a high MM! Looks like a large date to me, the bottom of the 7 extends too far below the bottom of the 0.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think its a large date also! as nlp noted Liberty is very bold and from what I can see the 7 looks to be below the 9
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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In my opinion this coin does exhibit a high mint mark but is not a small date, as stated above, the letters in liberty are too bold"ty" the 7's leg is lower than the zero, the 7 has the classic die groove where the horizontal and vertical lines meet at the top, and the top loop in the 9 is not as complete as the small date exhibits also the inner loop in the 9 is not pointed, rather blunt as in the lagre date, I could be wrong, just my opinion...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 with the others...it's a large date that's taken some hits to the digits. Too bad, because that would mean a new SD die we haven't seen. I've looked for SDs for years, and I think I've run across this mm position before. I'd keep it just as a curiosity.  I've enlarged the date area with a baseline drawn across the "0":  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll hold onto this one just because the MM is so high. DVcollector, that baseline makes the difference for these old eyes. Thanks! nlp
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How bout'low   swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow...that mintmark is in San Diego. |
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United States
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As you all may know that the mint marks prior to 1990 were added to the die by hand. So anywhere in that area is normal.
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