Thanks for all the input! I've enjoyed all the responses.
I was compelled to try more close-ups of the mint mark with my terribly inadequate camera. I see how the D is more elongated, possibly exposing...
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Very compelling observation. Thank you very much for this!)
Thank you, Mr. Ed. Also, looking, the only candidate for a considerably larger mm would be the half of that year (or the quarter from a previous...
It is my custom to photograph every coin of interest in a new purchase. Often, features appear in the picture that I hadn't notice in the flesh....
Again, thank you, Ron Sanderson for taking up this topic with me. Refreshingly, I have garnered one opinion within my circle of friends (who also...
I also did not rule out any post-mint manipulation. But searching the affected area and the corresponding spot on the reverse, I can't see an...
A wealth of information! Thank you, Ron. Still advocating for that one coin that would exceed the value of the whole purchase! I love when that...
And I see no signs of PMD around the mint mark whatsoever. This could be an early strike of the die marriage ultimately destined to fail, just as...
Well, as the coin's current handler, I want to believe, so I'm useless in this debate! LOL! To me, IGWT is almost exclusively mushy, save for the...
I bought an old Whitman Bookshelf album and this was the coin in the 1922-D slot. I looked up the diagnostics for the weak D varieties and this...
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