PO01- 1916 SLQ

pocketpiececommems · January 30, 2012 2:35PM

Are there any PO01 1916 SLQ, no stars, with a readable date?

jessecarlk · January 30, 2012 2:39PM

i would guess no. the dates are pretty hard to read even in G-VG

Kove · January 30, 2012 2:55PM

If you subscribe to PCGS Coinfacts, they show photos of a 1916 SLQ in G04, FR02, and P01. You can barely make out parts of the date on the G04 coin, but no date is visible on the FR02 and P01 coins. Since even the FR02 coin has no sign of a date, I'd say there's no way a P01 coin would have a date.

However, even on the P01 coin photo without a date, you can clearly make out enough diagnostics to distinguish between 1916 and 1917 T1 (like the shape of the drapery next to the foot, the drapery fold on the pedestal, and the shape of the hair on the back of the head. Other diagnostics, like the position of the head vs. the rim beads is harder to make out.)