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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 917303, member: 19165"]With my well known love of full strike, I appreciate a Full Talon - but I wouldn't want to see it designated. No one cares about the SBA, so a FT designation would be pretty pointless. I'm much more interested in a Full Thumb designation on Walkers. </p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, in college I assembled a collection of SBA's, and it got pretty high on the registry. I had to sell it because I needed money, but I spent a great deal of time searching for Full Talon coins. The article linked in the OP is a really good one on the subject, but there was a pdf with more detail and more pictures that I had at one time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Certain dates, as the article mentioned, are extremely scarce with FT - such as the 1980S. I was lucky enough to find a powerfully struck example. I also have this one, which is about the best strike you'll ever see on a 80D, along with being PL:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/JPA850reverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 917303, member: 19165"]With my well known love of full strike, I appreciate a Full Talon - but I wouldn't want to see it designated. No one cares about the SBA, so a FT designation would be pretty pointless. I'm much more interested in a Full Thumb designation on Walkers. That being said, in college I assembled a collection of SBA's, and it got pretty high on the registry. I had to sell it because I needed money, but I spent a great deal of time searching for Full Talon coins. The article linked in the OP is a really good one on the subject, but there was a pdf with more detail and more pictures that I had at one time. Certain dates, as the article mentioned, are extremely scarce with FT - such as the 1980S. I was lucky enough to find a powerfully struck example. I also have this one, which is about the best strike you'll ever see on a 80D, along with being PL: [IMG]http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk68/physicsfan/prooflike/JPA850reverse.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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