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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is it an actual coin--or simply a state of mind?  Judging from auctions on ebay, one might think staring cross-eyed at any random 1888 creates the overdate.  Here's just one such auction, where I asked the seller to point out the 1888/7 on the coin.   Genius! |
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Moderator
 United States
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what is this I don't even |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see nothing-what does he see I wonder?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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You only see what you want to see   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
Eg, exactly. It's all about our imagination. I "see" a $20 gold piece in the bottom of my coffee cup--want to buy it?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like how his "dot on the paper" is halfway inbetween the 8 and the A of AMERICA. That little lump at the bottom left quadrant of the final 8 is supposed to be the bottom of the 7. It does match up if you do an overlay of the 1887 logotype on the 1888 logotype. I don't know if any other traces of the 7 are visible on any of the known MS pieces. Since the "overdate" is so hard to see, the variety is usually identified by die markers, typically the rim Cud over the E in UNITED. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 I've always checked for the rim Cud, because it's easy to be fooled by dirt in the 8. There is a small cent overdate that is even subtler than the 1888/7, the 1858/7:  It must have taken considerable study to first identify that as an 8/7. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If someone new came along and posted that, we'd tell them it was a figment of their imagination. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Scoob, exactly! They must have studied numerous examples and die states to make that conclusion. The overdates I post are easy by comparison. |
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Posted 06/19/2011 5:00 pm
