Are there any other diagnostics for the 1911 weak D quarter eagle?

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• ebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 10:54AM

  Partial wire rim on the obverse.

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• relicsncoins Posts: 8,254 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 10:59AM

  thanks.

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• mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 2:26PM

  Best diagnostics, the label on the PCGS holder. Forget about all the other stuff. When the one coin in a 15 coin series, costs as much as all the other fourteen coins in the series, don't make a mistake.

  I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.

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• commoncents05 Posts: 10,099 ✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 2:35PM

  The diagnostics for the 11-D Weak D are:
  
  1)Wire rim on the right side of the obverse
  2)Scalloping at 12:00 on the reverse from a collar clash
  3)Small vertical die polish line inside the recess to the left of the tips of the arrows
  
  -Paul

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• relicsncoins Posts: 8,254 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 3:29PM

  This is my coin it's graded AU55/55 and part of my ANACS photo cert set. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't a weak D variety. I don't think it is.
  
  Thanks everyone.

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• keyman64 Posts: 15,649 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2015 3:37PM

  Nice coin!

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• Christos Posts: 950 ✭

  April 2, 2015 5:28PM

  I have owned a couple of these and at times you can not see the D at all not even a hint and the wire rim is one of the easiest diagnostics to see and is from 12:00-3:00. I don't see this on your coin and I do not see the die polish line either. It is a very good idea to look at every 1911 for these diagnostics and nice coin you have there.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 3, 2015 1:21AM

  
  
  << <i>The diagnostics for the 11-D Weak D are:
  
  1)Wire rim on the right side of the obverse
  2)Scalloping at 12:00 on the reverse from a collar clash
  3)Small vertical die polish line inside the recess to the left of the tips of the arrows
  
  -Paul >>
  
  
  
  ^ This.

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• ArizonaRareCoins Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭

  April 3, 2015 8:10AM

  In many cases, the "D" mintmark is completely invisible. The KEY diagnostics on ALL REAL 1911-d Indians is a series of marks on the edge of the rim above the "ES" in states and the "O" in of and a wavy rim edge above "TED" in united on the reverse. Below is an example:
  
  1911-d weak D $2 1/2 gold indian

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