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Message:: [QUOTE="softmentor, post: 2170361, member: 10469"]Well its been a while since I did anything with these. I decided to take some examples to the Long Beach show. Went by the NGC booth and they weren't any help. Stopped by ANA and one fellow there took a good look and then said "lets take a walk" He walked me over to a booth and someone who really know about such coins. (I am still kicking myself, I am so bad with names. embarrassing I can't remember his name) GREAT GUY. I got to sit with him and probably spent 20 minutes or more looking at them and analyzing them. In the final analysis we had to agree they were post mint. But really had us going. They really look a LOT alike, but finally, we did see enough differences that it could only be post mint. Well, disappointing, but back into circulation they go. Still, it was a fascinating journey and learned a lot about identifying a new variety. At the end I asked "I wonder why someone would go to that much trouble to do this to so many coins?"He just said, to quote a famous error collector, "I don't know, I wasn't there" Guess that about says it.[/QUOTE]