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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1495147, member: 18157&quot;]OK...I&#039;ll boldly go where wise men fear to tread...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me begin by saying my observations are <b>obviously wrong </b>simply based on my limited education as compared to the Illuminati listed above, but I have a few questions if this is a proof coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>1. What&#039;s with the mushy L<i>BE[RTY] on a proof coin? Would they use this die to make a proof?</i></p><p><i>2. Does the Obverse appear a bit off center to anyone, but not the reverse...is that common for a proof?</i></p><p><i>3. What&#039;s with the die gouges (bumps) on O[F AM]ERICA.</i></p><p><i>4. The reverse die crack from the rim through the peak of AMERIC[A] seems to match N11 and the reverse die crack from the left edge of STA[T]ES to the denticle above the right edge of ST[A]TES seems to match N15...but none of the other die cracks for those varieties seem evident. There&#039;s a reverse die crack across the rim to the denticle at the left edge of A[M]ERICA that I don&#039;t see in any of Newcomb&#039;s descriptions.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>My copy of Newcomb doesn&#039;t list N22 so I don&#039;t have the proof description to consider. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>It seems like a well struck N1 (imho)...with curiosities (those die gouges on the reverse letters seem troublesome)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Hopefully someone can set me straight. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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