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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2500252, member: 24314&quot;][USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER]&nbsp; Please tell us the name of the numismatist <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> who says these coins are not over mintmarks.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure he/she would not mind defending that opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I should be very pleased if we can discuss this next:</p><p><br /></p><p>I know of at least two professional numismatic researchers - one at NGC and myself who believe that the long accepted information about the Die States (early or late) of these coins in the Top 100 book and the VAM website is incorrect.&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">What we are asked to believe</span> in these two sources is that the &quot;rare&quot;, Early Die State coins with the flimsy, partial outline of raised metal remaining inside the &quot;O&quot; eventually evolved to <span style="color: #ff0000">become</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> AN OBVIOUSLY BONE STRAIGHT, FRESH, SHARP, DIAGNOGAL FROM THE &quot;S&quot; AS THE DIE IS USED.&nbsp; That is crazy and IMHO, it is one of the most stupid conclusions in all of numismatics!</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully, a VAM collector here can post photographic proof that my opinion is misguided by using die breaks or other diagnostics to ID that the same die was used for the EDS and LDS coins.&nbsp; I have been working on this for a while but do not have access to as many examples as I need. </p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; I have <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">NEVER</span> seen any evidence of &quot;repair&quot; or &quot;pre-working&quot; to the mint mark area on any Mint State O/S dollar!&nbsp; I have microscopically examined quite a few (before I became interested in a EDS/LDS research project).&nbsp; Perhaps someone may wish to post a photo of the repair.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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