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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2098658, member: 15309"]The diagnostic for the 1942/1 is on the reverse. All genuine examples will show a die scratch the connects the olive branch to the very bottom of the fasces. You should be able to see it on this Heritage MS66 example shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B6%2F6%2F2%2F6%2F6626993%5D%2Csizedata%5B840x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The date on the OP's coin looks good to me. If the die scratch is on the reverse, then the coin is genuine. Then the only problem is that the coin has been harshly cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2098658, member: 15309"]The diagnostic for the 1942/1 is on the reverse. All genuine examples will show a die scratch the connects the olive branch to the very bottom of the fasces. You should be able to see it on this Heritage MS66 example shown below. [IMG]http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B6%2F6%2F2%2F6%2F6626993%5D%2Csizedata%5B840x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D[/IMG] The date on the OP's coin looks good to me. If the die scratch is on the reverse, then the coin is genuine. Then the only problem is that the coin has been harshly cleaned.[/QUOTE]
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