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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2242035, member: 1892&quot;]For reasons unknown as of yet, during the mintage of 1921&#039;s workers etched normally-curved &quot;scribbles&quot; (for lack of a better term) into reverse dies around the eagle&#039;s right leg. They were &quot;discovered&quot; in 2006ish and Leroy has been using them to designate die pairs since. They&#039;re as good as die cracks as &quot;fingerprints&quot; for a die pair. We call them &quot;Scribbling Scratches.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings me to my frustration with this coin - the die crack through the (viewer&#039;s) left of the wreath is uncommon enough for 1921-P that it ought to be a smoking gun attribute, or near. Unfortunately, we don&#039;t yet have a solid enough database of such things for it to be a viable pickup except in front of someone who already knows the VAM.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a terrific strike for a 1921, especially the obverse. You rarely see the cotton bolls so complete. I worry, as others have, about how knocked-around it looks. It certainly isn&#039;t well up the value scale, even if adjudicated Mint State and marks of that type argue against an Uncirculated coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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