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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 96298, member: 1892"]Much about this coin is of interest, especially on the reverse. Note the very weak strike on the upper part of the branch in the eagle's claw, somewhat extending to the top of UNITED. The interesting structure around the dot to the left of that branch - looks kinda like the curve of a U, doesn't it? The pitting visible from Noon to 3 O'clock. The strokes of the lettering intrigue me, also. Note the differences between the T's, and the extraordinary stroke differences in QUARTER DOLLAR. I found one (of 50) on Heritage that was similar: <a href="http://coins.heritagegalleries.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=347&Lot_No=533&src=pr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.heritagegalleries.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=347&Lot_No=533&src=pr" rel="nofollow">http://coins.heritagegalleries.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=347&Lot_No=533&src=pr</a> That example was tripled through QUARTER DOLLAR. This coin isn't. In fact, although I saw many of the specific attributes mentioned here in the coins I've just spent an hour viewing, I couldn't find anything that quite approached the look of this coin. This is a fascinating coin. I'd go so far as to suggest it might be a Mint State coin which suffers from misaligned dies or some similar problem. Or, GDJMSP could be right, as he usually is. Either way, once I had this one, it wouldn't be leaving the collection.[/QUOTE]