It's been there for many years. Die polishing will remove it, but it's on all of the master dies.
No rock tumbler?!
Those are far from mint. Nice pick up, though.
IMO, you paid a fair price.
Auto-correct. The absolute best-ever scapegoat.
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"FINE DOLLARS" just screams FAKE.
You can describe it until the cows come home, but without pictures, you'll get no help.
We need clear and focused pictures to be able to give you any opinions of your coin. Without those pictures, I'd say that it has been ground down...
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Imagine how well the OP could have written if he hadn't had all of those drinks at the upscale gentlemen's club.
A great resource for that info. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1970Ssmalldate.html
IMO, it's from a worn die.
EINSTEINHOWARD or EISENHOWARD Help me here, which is correct?
So, if one does not actually own a specimen of the coin, but has an accurate answer to your question, you don't want to hear it? Or is it that you...
After I posted and read it again, it made no sense, so I deleted it. No, don't ask what it was.
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Your description planted a different idea in my mind than what your photo shows. Your coin was struck with a grease filled die. The devices on a...
No. It's probably been machined off. Please post pics.
I think you'd find a great deal fewer pennies that are struck dead center.
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