Are these Standing Liberty Quarters or should say photos doctored?
kevinstang
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This seller has several better date SLQ's on ebay right now, all have 4 digit dates according photos, but knowing the series and having assembled a decent partial set, something to me doesn't look right about the dates. Auctions in question:
1924-D
The black area around the date looks funny, have seen a few of these coins and usually with the kind of shield detail this coin has only the 4 and maybe part of the 1 and 2 will be visible.
1920-S
The whole date looks kinda funny, maybe just my eyes.
1921
Have seen and owned 3 21's in the last month, two with this amount of shield detail- neither had much more than the last 1 visible in date.
I don't know the seller and was looking for a better 24-D myself, but something about the coin or photo this seller has just doesn't seem right, the 24-D I have right now has almost the same overall details and only the 4 shows in date. Could these photos be enhanced or the coins acid treated- which might be causing blackness around date? Or did these coins just get lucky and have exceptional strikes on the date and a combination of good photography? I remember reading here on forum that a nitric acid? or something like that was once available for silver, kinda like nic-a-date was for nickels.
1924-D
The black area around the date looks funny, have seen a few of these coins and usually with the kind of shield detail this coin has only the 4 and maybe part of the 1 and 2 will be visible.
1920-S
The whole date looks kinda funny, maybe just my eyes.
1921
Have seen and owned 3 21's in the last month, two with this amount of shield detail- neither had much more than the last 1 visible in date.
I don't know the seller and was looking for a better 24-D myself, but something about the coin or photo this seller has just doesn't seem right, the 24-D I have right now has almost the same overall details and only the 4 shows in date. Could these photos be enhanced or the coins acid treated- which might be causing blackness around date? Or did these coins just get lucky and have exceptional strikes on the date and a combination of good photography? I remember reading here on forum that a nitric acid? or something like that was once available for silver, kinda like nic-a-date was for nickels.
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I agree, the coins dated areas look odd compared to the balance of the coins.
They are too pronounced based on the amount of wear on the rest of the coins.
I've put together a few sets of SLQ's in my time, and these don't look quite right to me either.
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<< <i>He used a scanner and hit the "enhance picture" button. Gives definition to all the devices. I will post a couple pics as soon as the scanner warms up. >>
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Same here