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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 362583, member: 11521"]The dates were hand punched into the dies back then. If the date is off center on the die then every coin made from those dies would have the date off center. That would make them a variety, not an error.</p><p> </p><p>If there are no indicators that that the coin is counterfeit you might try asking someone with the <a href="http://www.lsccweb.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lsccweb.org/" rel="nofollow">Liberty Seated Collectors Club</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Another source that should be able to answer your question is the book <i>The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters</i> by Larry Briggs. If you are an ANA member you can request the book for free from the ANA Library. (Or you could pay me to drive 6 miles to the ANA Library and look it up for you. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 362583, member: 11521"]The dates were hand punched into the dies back then. If the date is off center on the die then every coin made from those dies would have the date off center. That would make them a variety, not an error. If there are no indicators that that the coin is counterfeit you might try asking someone with the [URL="http://www.lsccweb.org/"]Liberty Seated Collectors Club[/URL]. Another source that should be able to answer your question is the book [I]The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters[/I] by Larry Briggs. If you are an ANA member you can request the book for free from the ANA Library. (Or you could pay me to drive 6 miles to the ANA Library and look it up for you. :D)[/QUOTE]
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