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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1712821, member: 11521&quot;]What you are suggesting is referred to as an overdate. 1912/13 reads &quot;12 over 13&quot; meaning the two digits &quot;12&quot; were punched over the two digits &quot;13&quot;. Usually only one digit is punched over another digit unless both digits needed to be changed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago the Mint may have made more dies than they needed for one year. Rather than destroy the dies dated the previous year and spend more time and money making new dies with the current date, they would sometimes repunch the die to change the date to the current year. A die dated 1887 could be changed to 1888 by repunching only the last digit of the date. We would call this an &quot;1888/7&quot; (1888 over 7) because the last digit of the date 1888 is an 8 that was repunched over a 7 and only that one digit was altered. A die dated 1889 could be changed to 1890 by repunching two digits; i.e., &quot;90&quot; would be punched over &quot;89&quot;. We would call this an &quot;1890/89&quot; (1890 over 89). </p><p><br /></p><p>It would make no sense to repunch a die dated 1913 to change the date to 1912. There would be no logical explanation for that. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your eyes may be playing tricks on you.&nbsp; I am sure that your coin is dated 1912 and is not an overdate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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