Why, oh why, did QDB have to mention this about $3 gold?

Longacre

I have been reading the new $3 gold book by QDB and Winter. It is a great book. In one of the chapters, they provide great close-up pictures of the $3 coins and some great narrative about the nuances of the coins. The book points out that the letters of the word "Liberty" on the obverse are not evenly spaced and some letters are a lot closer together than others. Believe it or not, I never really noticed this before. Now every time I look at a $3, I notice how odd the lettering looks. It's no big deal, but it's weird how now that is the first thing I notice. Hopefully I didn't "ruin" anyone else with this comment.

mgoodm3

Hey, at least he didn't say that they were used as suppositories.

TheLiberator

<< <i>Hey, at least he didn't say that they were used as suppositories. >>



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!

ms70

I think coin collectors have a tendency to be critical of detail. It's natural for us to focus on things like that.

lordmarcovan

Like probably most people, I don't see $3 gold pieces enough to be obsessive-compulsively disturbed by the spacing of the lettering.

(However, I suffer enough from that disorder that I know what you mean. Once somebody points something like that out, it really sticks out in your mind.)


<< <i>The book points out that the letters of the word "Liberty" on the obverse are not evenly spaced and some letters are a lot closer together than others. >>


Hmm. Looking at the one-and-only $3 piece I have ever owned (my hat coin), I don't see "Liberty" anyway. Mine's apparently named "Berty".

lordmarcovan

BTW- on a similar topic- something I'd never noticed before and then suddenly was struck by is the off-center mintmark on some (or all?) Barber quarters. I dug an EF-ish 1894-O on one detector outing a few years ago, and noticed the O mintmark was far right of center. Before then, I guess I'd never paid attention.

michael

Hey, at least he didn't say that they were used as suppositories

what is a suppositorie

construct

<< <i>BTW- on a similar topic- something I'd never noticed before and then suddenly was struck by is the off-center mintmark on some (or all?) Barber quarters. I dug an EF-ish 1894-O on one detector outing a few years ago, and noticed the O mintmark was far right of center. Before then, I guess I'd never paid attention. >>



That's on all branch mint Barber quarters. It is a very oddly positioned mint mark.

Oh, and michael, a suppository is a rectally administer loszenge.

RYK

I did not get my book yet.

lordmarcovan

Come to think of it, all three of the Barber quarters I have found while detecting are branch-mint coins. (1894-O, 1902-O, 1916-D). But it wasn't until I found that 1894-O that I paid any attention to the mintmark position.