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1911 $2.5 GOLD W/ ODD RIM SEAM-THOUGHTS

VernoVerno Posts: 325 ✭✭✭
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Hi All,
Can you help with an explanation on what this is? PMD? Weighs 4.17 grams looks good otherwise.
Thanks for taking a look....Verno


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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,250 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first thought is weak D. @jwitten will be more helpful as I cannot say for sure.

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    VernoVerno Posts: 325 ✭✭✭

    Yea, forgot about that diagnostic...no sign of a D ...does it warrant a trip to our host?

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    VernoVerno Posts: 325 ✭✭✭

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    SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,250 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wait until someone with more expertise wades in.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sure wish I could expand the pictures.

    Could be genuine 1911-P with a bit of a wire rim, or "finning" as the Mints call it. Can't tell.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,880 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe
    Can’t tell from photo!

    Pat Vetter,Mercury Dime registry set,1938 Proof set registry,Pat & BJ Coins:724-325-7211


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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears that is the way the coin was made. Chance it is an 11-D is Zero. The color is "off" but the "seam" is a good indication that the coin is genuine.

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    jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,076 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking coin, and it has the wire rim, but I don't see any other signs of the weak D. Still a nice enough coin I would send her in, and might as well submit it as a weak D. All they can do is grade it as a nice 1911, lol.

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    gonzergonzer Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CaptHenway said:
    Sure wish I could expand the pictures.

    Right click the photo, open in new tab, voila.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks authentic... do not believe it is a weak D....Cheers, RickO

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