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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 4410099, member: 77413&quot;]I have been trying to complete the 1880’s for my set of Indian Head cents. I started looking for them all at the same time, and gradually picked up an example of each year, but never found an 1886 that wasn’t priced far out of my range. It’s been an extended search.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you ever get more than you expected?</p><p><br /></p><p>This Type 1 example showed up on eBay at a price below the usual, and was billed as Gem BU. The photo was not stunning but the coin showed a good strike. So I took the plunge. It just arrived. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is so glossy and well struck I thought it could be a Proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the reverse has not one, but two sets of clash marks. I show those in the last photo, and you can also see them to the right of CENT. Since I don’t see matching marks on the obverse, I can wonder if the obverse die was damaged or worn, and got swapped out, leaving only the reverse with the clash marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107346[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107347[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1107348[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107349[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Above: Detail of the chin wrapping around above the O, and the lips to the left of it. The line of the neck extends upwards to the shield.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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