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<p>[QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1218923, member: 30400"]I am 95% positive. I was 100% positive until I dug around and found <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=644312" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=644312" rel="nofollow">this thread on 1915 MPL diagnostics</a>. It is authored by my friend Bob Campbell. He's the expert (he's modest and would never accept this title). I think Bob is on this forum. He usually goes by "robec".</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here are some of Bob's pix highlighting die polish lines that he says are diagnostic. Below each cropped image of his real MPL are similar pix of my coin above.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a little imagination I can see some similarities. You're making me wonder, WL! But seriously, I think the rims give it away. They're square but not entirely square all around the coin. (The coin's in the mail to PCGS so I can't re-inspect it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is fun but maybe it's the wrong thread. Sorry, guys!</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/d762b101.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/398a330a.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/1c1d542d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/afff0152.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/4558f82d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/1022ae45.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/8e77f636.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/a3726556.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1218923, member: 30400"]I am 95% positive. I was 100% positive until I dug around and found [URL="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=644312"]this thread on 1915 MPL diagnostics[/URL]. It is authored by my friend Bob Campbell. He's the expert (he's modest and would never accept this title). I think Bob is on this forum. He usually goes by "robec". Anyway, here are some of Bob's pix highlighting die polish lines that he says are diagnostic. Below each cropped image of his real MPL are similar pix of my coin above. With a little imagination I can see some similarities. You're making me wonder, WL! But seriously, I think the rims give it away. They're square but not entirely square all around the coin. (The coin's in the mail to PCGS so I can't re-inspect it.) This is fun but maybe it's the wrong thread. Sorry, guys! Lance. [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/d762b101.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/398a330a.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/1c1d542d.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/afff0152.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/4558f82d.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/1022ae45.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/8e77f636.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/a3726556.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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