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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3123983, member: 19250&quot;]Like most members here after you posted this find I viewed it and thought what a nice specimen.&nbsp; Not being&nbsp; able to post until today I decided to do some homework.</p><p>That included sending an image to a expert in this series to ask them their take comparing it to my findings.</p><p>1868 ~ 88600 coins struck at Philadelphia, none at New Orleans, 280,000 at San Francisco and 600 proofs,.....the number of working dies at Philadelphia&nbsp; both Obv. &amp;Rev. are unknown, San Francisco Obv. 0 Rev.6</p><p>Doing research searching for other proof specimens that had the same markers,</p><p>Plus the strike through that many have missed on the rev. Left side mid wreath, the rust pits on the right arm under Liberty neck,and on her gown one must question the mint turning out 600 proofs or even 1 that had such defects that were so obvious if the image was enlarged and studied.</p><p>There&#039;s several areas where a proof die new and polished wouldn&#039;t produce a coin with such disregard to the finished product.</p><p>What would? Well a mis stored die used to strike 600&nbsp; proof coins. Then breifly retouched and placed back in service to produce mint state coins. Again there&#039;s no doupt that the die was a proof as the right ribbon on the rev. Isn&#039;t touching the wreath ,that is a dead give away for the proof die strike.</p><p>Unfortunately until today I haven&#039;t been able to log on and post my findings.</p><p>I&#039;ve done my homework anyone wishing to refute it is time to do yours!</p><p>I find the specimen very&nbsp; eye appealing ..... but IMHO isn&#039;t a proof coin but a mint state struck using an proof die reinstated back in the press at Philadelphia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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