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Message:: [QUOTE="justafarmer, post: 26502367, member: 3926"]Look @ the "B" in "LIBERTY" in the 1st collage containing 3 images of the CROWN for nickels from 1908 - 1910.  You'll notice in 1908 and 1910 the "B" exhibits a beer belly and 1909 the "B" is normal. if you look at examples from other years in the series you'll see that 1909 is the only year that the "B" doesn't exhibit a beer belly. The 2nd collage contains 4 images of the crown from 1909 only (2 Proofs and 2 business strikes). 1 of the proof and 1 of the business strike examples exhibit a broken "B". The broken "B" examples were discovered by [USER=104064]@KBBPLL[/USER]. We both agree the business strike Broken "B" is a beer belly "B" but on the Proof example I am not totally convinced it is a beer belly "B". To date no unbroken "B" examples of the beer belly "B" have been found on 1909 nickel coinage. And no normal "B" examples in any other year except 1909[ATTACH=full]1689403[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1689404[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]