Posted 03/29/2011 8:00 pm
Thanks eccentric. I'm using McDonald's guide which agrees with your belief as it refers to the parallel 7 as the 'tilted variety' and the 7 angled from the rim as normal. I've been looking at a few proof sets and all seem to be parallel to the rim, whereas all the specimen and unciculated coins seem to be normal (angled from the rim). At least on the ones I've been looking at. What's confusing is that I have only seen one or two circulation coins with the 7 tilted (parallel to the rim).
I work at a coin dealer and its become apparent to me that proof coins are far less common than circulation coins, but that doesn't mean that a few variants in proof sets makes the variant less common, as the variant is found on circulation coins also. If the variant was exclusive to either proof or circulation it would be simple to determine which is more common, but given that the variant seems to be appearing on both it's made it incredibly difficult to find out.
I work at a coin dealer and its become apparent to me that proof coins are far less common than circulation coins, but that doesn't mean that a few variants in proof sets makes the variant less common, as the variant is found on circulation coins also. If the variant was exclusive to either proof or circulation it would be simple to determine which is more common, but given that the variant seems to be appearing on both it's made it incredibly difficult to find out.
