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<p>[QUOTE="rld14, post: 482127, member: 16133"]It's an MS63/64 coin struck with 150,000 tons of pressure. Agreed that it's the best struck 1916 I have ever seen. I want both of those coins, I am tempted to see how much I can sell the GF into slavery for <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second one, the 1918/7-S is the overdate, but there's what seems to be two dies that created the variety. Something nobody seems to mention either <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Take a VERY close look at not only the bottom of the "8" in both of these pictures but also take a VERY close look at the position of the mintmark on both of these pictures, look VERY closely, there were 2 Dies, of this I am 95% convinced.</p><p><br /></p><p>The better (IMO) die</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodslqodwv5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodslqodwv5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8260/goodslqodwv5.th.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The worse (IMO) die</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badslqodmh8.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badslqodmh8.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4673/badslqodmh8.th.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rld14, post: 482127, member: 16133"]It's an MS63/64 coin struck with 150,000 tons of pressure. Agreed that it's the best struck 1916 I have ever seen. I want both of those coins, I am tempted to see how much I can sell the GF into slavery for :D The second one, the 1918/7-S is the overdate, but there's what seems to be two dies that created the variety. Something nobody seems to mention either :) Take a VERY close look at not only the bottom of the "8" in both of these pictures but also take a VERY close look at the position of the mintmark on both of these pictures, look VERY closely, there were 2 Dies, of this I am 95% convinced. The better (IMO) die [URL=http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=goodslqodwv5.jpg][IMG]http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/8260/goodslqodwv5.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The worse (IMO) die [URL=http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=badslqodmh8.jpg][IMG]http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4673/badslqodmh8.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
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