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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 283454, member: 8033&quot;]I&#039;ve been playing with them for years Roto and they still baffle me at times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Problems you&#039;ll see on them include grease filled dies - I&#039;ve seen a lot of those. The ANA guide points out the sometimes even on MS coins the horizontal shield lines will not be full.</p><p>WE is often the first detail to disappear as it&#039;s a high point.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for things I&#039;ve noticed that a lot of people don&#039;t mention like I said the 1866 can be surprisingly hard to find in high grades. My friend (who&#039;s got the cash to spare) started a PCGS set after he saw mine. Told him 66 would be tough - eventually he agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>1867 is often weakly struck. If I find a VF or better with a strong WE I usually buy it. I had a dealer show me an NGC MS64RB that had no hint of WE.</p><p><br /></p><p>The series is full of repunched dates, die cracks and rotated dies. Just a fun coin to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p>clembo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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