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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 6507108, member: 104064&quot;]While comparing obverse die polish, I started wondering &quot;what&#039;s up with that mole on Liberty&#039;s shin&quot;?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260089[/ATTACH] </p><p>There are many examples with an exact match of the die polish, but no &quot;mole&quot;. And quite a few with the mole (below). There is also what appears to be a small die crack above the mole. These features are repeated on many examples. OP coin is far right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260091[/ATTACH] </p><p>The 4th and 5th images from the left are Heritage coins, which also show a die crack progressing above 1873 (below). There&#039;s no sign of the 1873 die crack on the OP coin or the others with the &quot;mole&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1260094[/ATTACH] </p><p>I have a hard time believing that a mid-state die would switch over to business strikes and then back to proofs. Therefore I think NGC attributed it correctly as a proof.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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