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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 915133, member: 21705"]The coin on the left is definitely a Large Date, but the one on the right doesn't look like either to me. The top of the 7 looks like the Large Date (top of 7 below the imaginary line from the top of the 9 to the top of the 0) and the bottom of the 7 looks like the Small Date (bottom of 7 about even with a line from the bottom of the 1 to the bottom of the 0) to me. It could be damage or a poor photograph, but I never had much problem making that distinction on typical Large and Small dates. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I'm not certain about how many MM locations there are on the 70-s because I had not yet become aware of the variation of MM locations at the time. The two used in the Small Date/Large Date comparisons have very distinctive and different MM locations. </p><p><br /></p><p>It came out when I was 12 and had the sharp eyes and obsession required to look through as many as I could get my hands on. Of course, I was looking mostly at Denver coins in my area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 915133, member: 21705"]The coin on the left is definitely a Large Date, but the one on the right doesn't look like either to me. The top of the 7 looks like the Large Date (top of 7 below the imaginary line from the top of the 9 to the top of the 0) and the bottom of the 7 looks like the Small Date (bottom of 7 about even with a line from the bottom of the 1 to the bottom of the 0) to me. It could be damage or a poor photograph, but I never had much problem making that distinction on typical Large and Small dates. Now I'm not certain about how many MM locations there are on the 70-s because I had not yet become aware of the variation of MM locations at the time. The two used in the Small Date/Large Date comparisons have very distinctive and different MM locations. It came out when I was 12 and had the sharp eyes and obsession required to look through as many as I could get my hands on. Of course, I was looking mostly at Denver coins in my area.[/QUOTE]
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