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<p>[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2271442, member: 4920"]Yeah, that's right. And I'll bet the ranch on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at it this way, guys. This was the first shield nickel. These digits were individually punched into the working dies back then, as these dates weren't on the master dies. What are the odds every single one of these digits were individually re-punched when the engraver could simply have started anew from a fresh working die? Look, also, at the superior impressions. They're all cut off, distorted. Every single one isn't as it should look. This coin took a hop when it was struck. That's what I'm seeing in this date.</p><p><br /></p><p>We can go on and on. Send it off to someone like Wexler, put him on the spot. Better than just continuing to go around in circles and calling people names like a bunch of four-year-olds.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS: Hey, I just called you all a bunch of four-year-olds. See what I mean? Lol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2271442, member: 4920"]Yeah, that's right. And I'll bet the ranch on it. Look at it this way, guys. This was the first shield nickel. These digits were individually punched into the working dies back then, as these dates weren't on the master dies. What are the odds every single one of these digits were individually re-punched when the engraver could simply have started anew from a fresh working die? Look, also, at the superior impressions. They're all cut off, distorted. Every single one isn't as it should look. This coin took a hop when it was struck. That's what I'm seeing in this date. We can go on and on. Send it off to someone like Wexler, put him on the spot. Better than just continuing to go around in circles and calling people names like a bunch of four-year-olds. PS: Hey, I just called you all a bunch of four-year-olds. See what I mean? Lol.[/QUOTE]
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