Wide rim 1979 Susan Bs

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  1. ace71499

    ace71499 Young Numismatic

    Im not sure but I think atleast one of these has to be a wide rim... I compared them to all my other susan bs, but im still not sure because I didn't see any with mintmarks on them when I googled it
    thanks,
    Jason
     

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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Your pictures are super small so it's hard to tell. "MAYBE" the bottom one on the picture with 2 coins but again it's too small for me to tell.
     
  4. ace71499

    ace71499 Young Numismatic

    But it looks so big on my screen but I guess I'm on a table
     
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  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I don't know if anyone else can, but I can't zoom.
     
  7. ace71499

    ace71499 Young Numismatic

    Idk how to make them bigger sorry... Thanks for the input though
     
  8. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Did you use a scanner? I always seem to get small pictures when I scan them. If you take the picture with a digital camera or even camera phone they tend to be bigger.
     
  9. Mojavedave

    Mojavedave Senior Member

    Pictures are fine. I don't think any shown are the near (Close) varity. Maybe you can tell using this as a guide. To me the numbers are to far away from the rim. The one & nine should be almost touching the rim.

    Dave
     

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  10. bdunnse

    bdunnse Who dat?

    IMO none of them are wide rim.
     
  11. bdunnse

    bdunnse Who dat?

    http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page29.html

    1979-P Narrow and Wide Border:
    This highly collectible variety is noted by the distance between the rim and peripheral design elements, most prominently between the date and rim. Because of this, this variety is sometimes refered to as "Far Date" and "Near Date". This is actually inaccurate as the date was not moved, but instead the border was widened. They are also often refered to as "Narrow Rim" and "Wide Rim". The Mint began striking the 1979-P SBA Dollars with the "narrow border". Late in 1979 the border was widened to give the coin a more aesthetic appearance. The "narrow border" variety is found on all 1979 dollars from all of the mints. The 1979 "wide border" variety can only be found on the "P" mint issues. The "wide border" variety was used for the remainder of the series.

    The mint did not keep accurate records on how many of each variety were struck. According to information provided by George E. Hunter, the Assistant Director of Technology for the U.S. Mint at the time, there were 643 "wide border" dies used at the Philadelphia Mint in 1979. It is estimated that there are approximately 250,000 strikes per die. Using this estimate the Mint would have produced approximately 160,750,000 1979-P "Wide Border" Susan B. Anthony Dollars, or nearly 45% of all 1979-P Anthony Dollars minted. However, since the Mint has released their entire production of Anthony Dollars, it does not appear that the "Wide Border" variety makes up nearly half of the 1979-P production. While not rare, or even scarce, the "Wide Border" variety is somewhat elusive, especially in high grades (Mint State 66 and above). We may never know exactly how many were struck.
     
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  12. coop

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  13. TC3

    TC3 Member

    IMO, the '1' in the date is the telling factor. it's nearly touching the rim in a 79 P close rim
     
  14. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Crop out all the extra background.
     
  15. bdunnse

    bdunnse Who dat?

    Came across 34 SBA dollars in a plastic baggie in my recently deceased father-in-law's house on Long Island, NY...

    30 1979-P Narrow Rim
    2 1979-P Wide Rim
    2 1980-P

    Small sample but perhaps telling numbers about population distribution of the wide vs. narrow rim types.
     
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