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**Answered** thanks - What do you make of the little "s" on this Marine Commem?
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Edit to add this example of what is apparently an artifact of pareidolia
This coin, a gift from one jarhead to another, found it's way into my coin/music bunker to get it's picture taken before being sent on.
A little "s" in the "R" or TRUST jumped out at me when I was adjusting the fine focus otherwise I could have missed it.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
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Good eyes. Not sure what it is actually, but certainly curious.
“S” for secret.
Play time in the engraving shop.
If the "S" is raised on the surface of the "R" you possibly have something.
WOW ! You definitely qualify as an "Eagle Eye".
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Yes you put me to shame!
(Maybe I only have red-tailed hawk eyes.)
Unless your coin is the exact one in Coinfacts, the PR70 displayed also appears to display something on the letter r, it is curious.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2005-p-1-marine-corps-dcam/921007
I’m kind of leaning that way. Could just be an aberration on the die when it was created and with lighting, etc. looks like an S.
Looks like a P
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Check out the image at the top of the discussion.
Holy Moly!
I learned a new word -
Pareidolia
Thanks Skip et. al.
Looks like I can send this on its way without any undue excitement.
I got as close a shot as I could manage and here's what we have.
@LJenkins11 good eye!
Maybe Pareidolia is infectious?
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
I have glasses on and still can't see it!!
Look at the first image in the first post.
Me thinks the molecules and particles flowed and aligned into a shape recognized by the minds eye. It's chaos in action. I love to watch the clouds change shapes too. Peace Roy
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I don't see anything like an S in that super big and clear image.
"I don't see anything like an S in that super big and clear image"
Maybe I wasn't clear @mannie gray but you're correct, this last image clearly shows that what I saw in the first image was an illusion.
As a Woodstock veteran I sometimes see sounds or hear colors but this is new. 😎
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
Great images though!
I see it now! Thanks @Insider2
I can't see it in the last post
The 's' was more apparent in the first image...not so much in the greatly magnified image. Looks like a die aberration. I too spent time at Woodstock...but have not heard any colors recently.
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It's there, but what "it" is I don't know.
Me thinks it's a "S" from "Semper Fi".
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Man you TOTALLY had the same thought I did!! Nice.
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You guys are nuts!
And that is coming from a guy who checks 20c coins for die varieties.
I'm not seeing it........
looking at photo on a 48 inch screen (HD}.
Ya, know what your buddies did, Which I think is really cool.
An Ancor in a circle.