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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bmmartin, post: 4392798, member: 98956&quot;]Nice photo!&nbsp; I should have taken one with Mr. Fivas in Atlanta!&nbsp; Except he was wearing his Navy jacket! GO ARMY!</p><p><br /></p><p>Re: Lint marks</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] I think put it best in his post.&nbsp; Likely a struck-through piece during the die-making process.</p><p><br /></p><p>I subscribe to the &quot;lint-mark&quot; theory, but that it occurred between the hub and die during the die-making process as [USER=84179]@Oldhoopster[/USER] pointed out.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would have created an incuse image on the die, which would in turn create relief elements on the coins themselves.&nbsp; Except I wasn&#039;t taught that term in that way - usually it&#039;s meant when talking about coins getting struck rather than dies getting made.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Definitions expand.&nbsp; My waist expands.&nbsp; A lot of things expand.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, mere lint ON the die would cause an incuse image.&nbsp; Like any other struck-through.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is basic knowledge and I&#039;m sure you don&#039;t have to be taught this, but just throwing it out there because I think it will help beginners.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the same explanation used for the D on the Bell proof Franklin and the Superbird Quarter.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen the Franklin D, but I&#039;ve seen the Superbird.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This variety is just much more impressive because of its prominence when fully struck.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have to look for X feather at Y notch at Z angle of lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m sure what Oldhoopster explained is exactly what Mr. Weinberg meant when he said it was a lint mark.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure he will agree in a heartbeat that the &quot;5&quot; is in relief on the coin - it REALLY sticks out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, an 11-year old found one... by looking at eBay photos...&nbsp; I can&#039;t even tell if it&#039;s Roosevelt or my ex-wife in some of those photos TBH.</p><p><br /></p><p>I usually don&#039;t attend shows or conventions btw, I like to shelter-in-place ALL the time (people scare me, coins are my friends).</p><p><br /></p><p>This might be why I&#039;ve never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Weinberg?</p><p><br /></p><p>If he wants to see one in-hand, I wouldn&#039;t mind sending him mine to look at.</p><p><br /></p><p>He didn&#039;t want to look at the coin [USER=97879]@Nick57[/USER] has, but maybe now that there are some rumblings... from extremely reliable sources... that the variety will be in the next CPG... Maybe, he might have a change in heart?</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is pretty neat.&nbsp; You really should see one in-hand if you like varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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