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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2207646, member: 27832&quot;]Exploring possibilities is fine, but you have to think about <i>probabilities</i>, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>On one hand, you have the <i>possibility</i> that you&#039;ve discovered not one, but <i>two</i> previously unknown repunched dates from 1928 (from two different mints!), easily visible on heavily worn coins, but not yet known to other collectors of this hugely popular series.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, you have the <i>possibility</i> that you&#039;re seeing some combination of die chips, damage, or patina disturbances, and as a human being you find it quite easy to interpret them as a familiar pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have the coin in hand, I&#039;m not an expert in this series, and I&#039;m not an expert on RPDs (or even die chips), so there&#039;s no need for anyone to consider my opinion here. But looking at it from the outside, I know which <i>possibility</i> <b>I</b> would consider to be most <i>probable</i>... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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