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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mark240590, post: 2262854, member: 39953&quot;]Thanks, I will take a pic of the edge tomorrow mate, there&#039;s not a lot left detail wise it would appear they tried to get rid of that too. Here&#039;s a few more I&#039;ve just taken around where I would believe the mint mark to be it&#039;s a shame but the strike is strong there although some detail is showing I think it would take an esteemed collector to make anything of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449360[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MMMMM.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MMMMM.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/MMMMM.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MMM.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MMM.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/MMM.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/Still0010.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/Still0010.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/Still0010.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one makes me think MO I firmly believe the mint mark is slightly above the A </p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MINTMA.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/MINTMA.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/MINTMA.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>I believe this is the &quot;8&quot; r</p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/F979B0A7-5C36-4FCB-AA2B-444F5139AD49.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/F979B0A7-5C36-4FCB-AA2B-444F5139AD49.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/F979B0A7-5C36-4FCB-AA2B-444F5139AD49.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Since I was looking I tried to trace more of the obverse back.. This is the hair, you can also see the bottom of Carlos&#039;s bust in the field on the obverse as it never struck quite flat you can feel the distortion.</p><p><a href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/HAIR.png.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s44.photobucket.com/user/sortedford240/media/HAIR.png.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f38/sortedford240/HAIR.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>It&#039;s also certainly an 1800&#039;s issue from where I can see[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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