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Valued Member
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Edited by Funny Money
04/12/2010 9:04 pm
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Your coin looks corroded so we need much better pitures.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
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I'm still working with the scanner trying to get the hang of the pics...I cant get close without it distorting. I tried to adjust it so you could see the 7.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, we can't see it. Try experimenting by putting the coin under a desk lamp, and then hold a magnifying glass (or a loupe) right under the camera lens. It'll probably take you an hour to figure that out the right settings, but once you got it you got it.
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It does look like a 7. Not sure if it really is, or it's an optical illusion caused by the corrosion.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I see what you mean...but there is on documented 1888/7 in that position. The main marker for the one confirmed 1888/7 is the tail of the 7 protruding from the 8 at 6:00:  |
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Pillar of the Community
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It would help also,if you remove the coin from the flip. then the scan mifht come out better.
Dick
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Pillar of the Community
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I've seen the Chinese counterfeits of this overdate, where you can clearly see the '7' over the '8'. as you can see in DVCollector's great picture, the real one is much more subtle.
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Pillar of the Community
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Good job on the pix, it is not the Chinese counterfeit that I mentioned. I can't see the left side of the bottom of the 2nd 8 so I can't say whether it's the overdate or not.
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Pillar of the Community
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It's a tough call...I dont think that is the 8/7
the anomaly below the 8 on your coin is more prominent than the 8/7 mark
could be damage or corrosion.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Compare the position of the 1 in the date to the bust--between the verified 1888/7 and your coin.
The overdate for this year is extremely rare--but somebody found one in dealer stock a while back...
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All true 1888/7 have a Cud in the denticles @ 9:00 |
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Quote:All true 1888/7 have a Cud in the denticles @ 9:00 So the die was broken already when they hung it?  |
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So the die was broken already when they hung it? Rick Snow hasn't seen an 1888/7 Snow-1 without the Cud. They should theoretically exist, but none are known. |
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I'm sorry Funny Money, but I don't see your overdate in these pictures...  |
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