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<p>[QUOTE="poppa501, post: 1106355, member: 20945"]Nit-pickin things like this just bother me. Most of these are hypothethical questions since I guess the answer would be "Cause they could!" So...</p><p><b>Why did they make...</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>...all the o's in United States<u> of </u>America on all the Lincoln memorial cents in small caps? None of the other modern coins have this <u><b>except</b></u> the 2009 LP4?(Unfinished capital). It has a small o but the other 3 Lincolns and all the shields have a large O!</p><p><br /></p><p>...some of the T's on the Jefferson Nickels look like palm trees?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]110814.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...the last A in America on the Roosevelt Dime lower than and smashed up against the C and at a crazy angle? No other coins do this. (Well, the Quarter runs a close second)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]110815.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>... the dates on the Washington Quarter Proofs so rounded and delicate until 1982, then change to flat and wide in 1983 & up?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]110817.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]110816.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...Blue pkgs. for the proof sets from 68-72, then black pkgs. till 82, then <u>one year</u> (83) blue again, then purple for another 10 years?</p><p><br /></p><p>...the proof 1979 SBA dollar with a noticeably smaller star at the point of her shoulder, but in 1980 and up it is the same size as the others? (Can't vouch for the business strikes)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]110819.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a few things that I ponder about--what about you?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="poppa501, post: 1106355, member: 20945"]Nit-pickin things like this just bother me. Most of these are hypothethical questions since I guess the answer would be "Cause they could!" So... [B]Why did they make... [/B]...all the o's in United States[U] of [/U]America on all the Lincoln memorial cents in small caps? None of the other modern coins have this [U][B]except[/B][/U] the 2009 LP4?(Unfinished capital). It has a small o but the other 3 Lincolns and all the shields have a large O! ...some of the T's on the Jefferson Nickels look like palm trees? [ATTACH]110814.vB[/ATTACH] ...the last A in America on the Roosevelt Dime lower than and smashed up against the C and at a crazy angle? No other coins do this. (Well, the Quarter runs a close second) [ATTACH]110815.vB[/ATTACH] ... the dates on the Washington Quarter Proofs so rounded and delicate until 1982, then change to flat and wide in 1983 & up? [ATTACH]110817.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]110816.vB[/ATTACH] ...Blue pkgs. for the proof sets from 68-72, then black pkgs. till 82, then [U]one year[/U] (83) blue again, then purple for another 10 years? ...the proof 1979 SBA dollar with a noticeably smaller star at the point of her shoulder, but in 1980 and up it is the same size as the others? (Can't vouch for the business strikes) [ATTACH]110819.vB[/ATTACH] Just a few things that I ponder about--what about you?[/QUOTE]
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