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<p>[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 997331, member: 15929"]The No FG can have no initials due to die abrasion and not a grease filled die. From what you've described, your No FG's are from grease filled dies.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 4 I've personally handled, they all have the same die markers (other than the obvious). The stars below the tail feathers are extrtemely weak and the tail fethers themselves have no distinct definition.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Kennedy/No%20FG/Kennedy1972-DNoFGFS-90111696101PCGSMS63CoinTrueviewClip-02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>On the obverse, they all had the same die scratching through the WE TRUST portion of the motto.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Kennedy/No%20FG/Kennedy1972-DNoFGFS-90111696101PCGSMS63CoinTrueviewClip-03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>There can be no trace of the initials. Extremely weak initials just wont cut it.</p><p> </p><p>I have to question if folks are saying they are finding these in boxes because they are really difficult to locate. PCGS has only attributed 7.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 997331, member: 15929"]The No FG can have no initials due to die abrasion and not a grease filled die. From what you've described, your No FG's are from grease filled dies. Of the 4 I've personally handled, they all have the same die markers (other than the obvious). The stars below the tail feathers are extrtemely weak and the tail fethers themselves have no distinct definition. [IMG]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Kennedy/No%20FG/Kennedy1972-DNoFGFS-90111696101PCGSMS63CoinTrueviewClip-02.jpg[/IMG] On the obverse, they all had the same die scratching through the WE TRUST portion of the motto. [IMG]http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u8/lcl1119/Kennedy/No%20FG/Kennedy1972-DNoFGFS-90111696101PCGSMS63CoinTrueviewClip-03.jpg[/IMG] There can be no trace of the initials. Extremely weak initials just wont cut it. I have to question if folks are saying they are finding these in boxes because they are really difficult to locate. PCGS has only attributed 7.[/QUOTE]
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