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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7798947, member: 21705"]Definitely Large. Look at the point of the 1 relative to the intersection of the hair and neck. The photos cut off right where this is located on the comps. But it is clear on the Subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "small" overdate has several points to recognize than the size of the 7. The 1 is close to the curl, the HWH is underneath the R and the SHWH is almost under the upright of the E. And the most obvious on a coin with at least this much detail is the Blunt 1 on the S-272 (small 7) compared to the Pointed 1 on the S-273 (large 7.) </p><p><br /></p><p>This last diagnostic often makes PMD at the bottom of the 7 on other varieties more difficult to detect than the large 7 overdate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7798947, member: 21705"]Definitely Large. Look at the point of the 1 relative to the intersection of the hair and neck. The photos cut off right where this is located on the comps. But it is clear on the Subject. The "small" overdate has several points to recognize than the size of the 7. The 1 is close to the curl, the HWH is underneath the R and the SHWH is almost under the upright of the E. And the most obvious on a coin with at least this much detail is the Blunt 1 on the S-272 (small 7) compared to the Pointed 1 on the S-273 (large 7.) This last diagnostic often makes PMD at the bottom of the 7 on other varieties more difficult to detect than the large 7 overdate.[/QUOTE]
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