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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8358161, member: 24314&quot;]messydesk, posted: &quot;<b>Different lighting </b>will mess with perception of mint mark position.&nbsp; Also, on a LDS coin, <b>die wear will cause the design elements to spread out</b> a little bit, bringing them closer together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for joining this discussion again and I really do respect you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> in spite of the way I&#039;m <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 mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> going to pull your chain below. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I&#039;ve been fighting for forty years to get this EDS/LDS nonsense changed and I think I&#039;m getting closer.&nbsp; Once I get a BU EDS VAM-4 under my scope I&#039;ll probably have the answer.&nbsp; BTW, I&#039;m going to eat a lot of <span style="color: #b35900">Crow</span> if I&#039;ve been wrong all these years. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, your post above is the <b><span style="color: #ff0000">only</span> possible defense</b> but it fa<font size="3">lls a</font><font size="2">par</font><font size="1">t</font>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The die with the larger spread IS THE ONE THAT THE &quot;experts&quot; CLAIM IS THE <font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">EDS</span></font>!&nbsp; I say <span style="color: #b30000">NUTS</span>!&nbsp; Since die wear spreads out the design the later the die state, and that space is the larger one...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; What came first, the &quot;experts&quot; or the facts?&nbsp; And again, there is no way on earth that a bunch of jumbled rubble inside the &quot;O&quot; (EDS) can become a sharp, squared -off &quot;S&quot; the longer the die is used (LDS)!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for lighting, there is a one millimeter difference. That must be some special light at some crazy angle to even get close to causing that much difference. I say NUTS![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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