Can't tell by the photo Paddy but if in hand you see no hits to the steps that go from one step to the next then you have a full steps providing...
Now that's a first for me, never saw a slab with "recolored".
So very sorry for your loss.
With all due respect to the OP, I still maintain that ALL U.S. government agencies must use a .gov address. Look at all the trouble Hillary...
Is this associated with the U.S. Government or did they buy them from the U.S. government and use the name they have to re-sell? They do not have...
Yeah but just think of the hands it passed through. There's some history there.
I probably should have been a little more specific on my post. It was this year/mm that specifically had the abraded die in these specific areas...
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Crime author.
Did someone grab the wrong punch?
Sorry Chaz, looked carefully at all the photos. If there is anything at all, it is just a bit of machine doubling at a few of the leaves. Could...
Coneca moderator explains as an abraded die. That's all I could find quickly. This one also had missing initials FG but not necessarily on the...
What Chris said.
I can only see what looks like some counting machine damage in the field.
Nothing going on with this one, just a lot of wear, sorry.
As Chris said, a small die break/chip. Common enough, I have a whole roll of 1972S that have this.
Nice to find for free. Yes, looks like it was a locket at one time.
Possibly from an over polished die, unless the grease ran all the way across this area. Nice find!
I have a 10X/30X lighted slide magnifier that works for me because of my cataract surgery. Only thing is, looking at BU coins when the batteries...
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