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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 506393, member: 12965&quot;]I guess you missed the biggest part of what I said? I&#039;ll repeat it:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unless they used DIFFERENT PUNCHES for the mint mark, it&#039;s a fake. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Look at the size of each mint mark, on the two pics I put side-by-side and you will see that the OP coin&#039;s mint mark is not only to the left of the other one, it is BIGGER. I know this has happened on Morgans, Lincolns, etc..., but I&#039;ve not heard of it on the 1898-S Double Eagle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would imagine someone here would have already pointed out that the San Francisco Mint used 2 different sized punches for the mint mark in 1898 but I haven&#039;t seen anyone step forward with that little tidbit and considering I looked at quite a few on Heritage and couldn&#039;t find a 1898-S Large Mint Mark Double Eagle, that only says one thing to me - it&#039;s a counterfeit.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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