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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1726878, member: 15199&quot;]Yes, there is a slight difference, but it is not an overdate. I can see the point of confusion by the statement&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe you mean &quot;second&quot; rather than using &quot; first 6&quot;&nbsp; again, but it seems you think that because the 6 matches a 5 of the 1965 coin, that it is a over date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dates were punched into the dies using a gang punch which had all 4 digits of the date arranged on a holder to strike in the date. A &quot;6&quot; from 1965 could have been combined with a different appearing 6 for your 1866 coin, that would be normal as the date wasn&#039;t on the master die. It would take evidence of a &quot;5&quot; beneath the last &quot;6&quot; to make it an over date. Although it doesn&#039;t really matter, the last 6 in your coin seems to have some&nbsp; date die deterioration to cause the difference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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