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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2474149, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #b300b3">OMG! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Please stop the nonsense!&nbsp; The &quot;size&quot; of a mint mark depends on several factors.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">THE SHAPE OF A MINT MARK</span> is mostly dependent on the <span style="color: #b30000">SHAPE</span> of the mint mark punch...and several factors (figure it out <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) can cause very slight changes in appearance to a uninformed examiner.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">It&#039;s too bad I cannot write what I wish to say <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> about the above quote so I&#039;ll just say that every variety professional/dealer/collector/CONECA member will tell those who wish to listen is &quot;There is a 1941-S Large &quot;S&quot; variety.&quot; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Additionally, let me try to educate those who make overlays of coins NOT IN HAND <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; This from the study: <i>&quot;Dies, Hubs, Forgeries and the Athenian Decadrachm&quot; by </i>Stannard and Fischer-Bossert.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">&quot;The technique [digital photography] is, however, only as good as the images available, and these vary a good deal, for example, if images are made at different focal distances, and if the plane of the coin surface is tilted in relation to the photographic plane.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;ll add different lighting to this.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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