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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nick Zynko, post: 4565080, member: 110450&quot;]John, you are a “Numismatist Extraordinaire” !&nbsp; For those reading this post and don’t know a lot about Robert Scot, a quick scan of his Wiki page will enlighten you. He designed most every American Icon we know today of that error.&nbsp; Think bank notes, currency, paintings and coinage. The very first renditions of lady Liberty and our American Eagle.&nbsp; He did&nbsp; some amazing war scenes of the revolution.&nbsp; He was a Scotsman trained in Edinburgh as a line Engraver (Hint about alignment marks).&nbsp; Immigrated to America and became arguably the best coinage/ Plate engraver in the World at the time as nothing out of Europe came close to his work.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;INSIDER_Interesting theory but for now, I don&#039;t buy it.&quot; - OK-Now look at your pinky finger, the round pad of that fingertip is the size of a half dime.&nbsp; Imagine trying to get that amazing engraving onto a dye.&nbsp; There is an argument for hubs of the time but it is still believed the first dyes were by Scot’s own hand. Of course marks were used for centering and star alignment but the trick was to erase them during before the coining process.&nbsp; I am 100% sure Scott’s assistants missed a few marks on the few dyes used in those times.&nbsp; The exact reason John had seen what he had seen of a few of the examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Needless to say Half Dimes from that era were incredibly expensive and hard to find even in the seventies.&nbsp; They were the first of the circulating coins. Jefferson himself collected and spent the very first ones.&nbsp; They are coveted by collectors and Museums. To have a single one is rarity; to study and assemble a variety collection says a lot about the collector![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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