1850-0 $1 GOLD

Well...
Seems we may have something here worth mentioning for those that may have an interest.
I have looked and conducted some research which seems to dictate that all of the 14,000 struck are all small 0 MM. While I am not conceding that point just yet, it seems that there are some that just do not meet that criteria. Recently, I came across two examples of this date and the mm for bothe are not the same. One has a slightly larger look with an O that seems larger than the typical O- but looks nice and round. The other is smaller- not by much- but has an oval look. The MM for these two is just not the same. Seriously...
I can appreciate pictures help- but I am not able to photograph these whereby the difference would be helpful.
So, considering what has been written, I have two questions:
Is there an ovall o mm for 1850?
or, is there a medium MM for the date that after all these years has gone unrecognized?
I appreciate how weird all of this sounds... but I see what I see and they are not the same
Seems we may have something here worth mentioning for those that may have an interest.
I have looked and conducted some research which seems to dictate that all of the 14,000 struck are all small 0 MM. While I am not conceding that point just yet, it seems that there are some that just do not meet that criteria. Recently, I came across two examples of this date and the mm for bothe are not the same. One has a slightly larger look with an O that seems larger than the typical O- but looks nice and round. The other is smaller- not by much- but has an oval look. The MM for these two is just not the same. Seriously...
I can appreciate pictures help- but I am not able to photograph these whereby the difference would be helpful.
So, considering what has been written, I have two questions:
Is there an ovall o mm for 1850?
or, is there a medium MM for the date that after all these years has gone unrecognized?
I appreciate how weird all of this sounds... but I see what I see and they are not the same
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That said, the RYK rule of variety collecting states that: "Any variety that requires a magnification glass to appreciate is of no interest to RYK."
A MM variety on a gold dollar would almost certainly fall into that category.
Perhaps you should send it to Doug Winter and have him take a look.
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This thread reminds me of the fellow with the 1898-o "micro-o" Barber half. Once thought to be unique, it turned out to be a big disappointment when the coin was discovered to have a skillfully added mintmark.
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