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<p>[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 547966, member: 11786"]I share DavidH's sentiments. It would also be good to see the whole date in relation to the bust and denticles because that helps determine the die. I believe I've seen this same die before, and it threw me for a loop--but on closer inspection I found the raised "ear" below the 8 was at a slightly different position. Another thing to consider--this is a fairly worn coin and sometimes hits will raise areas to look like overdates. Still, for $4, you can send it to Rick Snow and he'll give his opinion--he's pretty much the expert on IHCs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few pics of the diagnostics for the 1888/7 Snow-1</p><p><br /></p><p>overdate:</p><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3368486675_d5f0e5aa11_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>rim cud:</p><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3368486751_fa60553d71_o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 547966, member: 11786"]I share DavidH's sentiments. It would also be good to see the whole date in relation to the bust and denticles because that helps determine the die. I believe I've seen this same die before, and it threw me for a loop--but on closer inspection I found the raised "ear" below the 8 was at a slightly different position. Another thing to consider--this is a fairly worn coin and sometimes hits will raise areas to look like overdates. Still, for $4, you can send it to Rick Snow and he'll give his opinion--he's pretty much the expert on IHCs. Here are a few pics of the diagnostics for the 1888/7 Snow-1 overdate: [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3368486675_d5f0e5aa11_o.jpg[/IMG] rim cud: [IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3368486751_fa60553d71_o.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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