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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3709049, member: 92655"]First I need to apologize for the low quality photo. It is the only photo I took before I sent the piece in to be interred in plastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I been collecting a long time and was introduced a few weeks ago to this interesting fact that I had not been aware of before by [USER=90102]@TheFinn[/USER] and [USER=3926]@justafarmer[/USER]. It makes sense that early designers had to work from a point of reference. That reference would be a centering point. Since that thread I have been searching my collection trying to find an example. I had been looking for a divot or a recess. More I think about it, a centering point would be a raised point on the coin I think. And darned if you can’t see it in this photo, but just behind Lady Liberty’s ear is a perfectly round pimple that appears dead center of the obverse. Would this have been the designers centering point?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]994184[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3709049, member: 92655"]First I need to apologize for the low quality photo. It is the only photo I took before I sent the piece in to be interred in plastic. I been collecting a long time and was introduced a few weeks ago to this interesting fact that I had not been aware of before by [USER=90102]@TheFinn[/USER] and [USER=3926]@justafarmer[/USER]. It makes sense that early designers had to work from a point of reference. That reference would be a centering point. Since that thread I have been searching my collection trying to find an example. I had been looking for a divot or a recess. More I think about it, a centering point would be a raised point on the coin I think. And darned if you can’t see it in this photo, but just behind Lady Liberty’s ear is a perfectly round pimple that appears dead center of the obverse. Would this have been the designers centering point? [ATTACH=full]994184[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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