<< <i>Don't look at the coins for how they are .... you must look at them for how they could be. >>
I doubt that professional graders feel the same way.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Back to the OP for a second, could the price in any way be related to the doubling of the legends on the obverse? >>
It's called "Longacre Doubling" and it's typical for the series and not worth any premium.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
OK. I did take a look at my copy of Bowers Gold Dollar Book and he states the diagnostic for proof is a small unfinished area to the left of the D in DOLLAR.
In the larger blowup on the heritage site it very very clearly shows this. SO......PCGS got it wrong (OMG) and called it a business strike, but it IS a proof.
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<< <i>Don't look at the coins for how they are .... you must look at them for how they could be. >>
That actually sounds like the motto of a coin doctor!
<< <i>Don't look at the coins for how they are .... you must look at them for how they could be. >>
I doubt that professional graders feel the same way.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Don't look at the coins for how they are .... you must look at them for how they could be. >>
TDN did you just hear a U.S. Army commercial "Be All That You Can Be"
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<< <i>Back to the OP for a second, could the price in any way be related to the doubling of the legends on the obverse? >>
It's called "Longacre Doubling" and it's typical for the series and not worth any premium.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
In the larger blowup on the heritage site it very very clearly shows this. SO......PCGS got it wrong (OMG) and called it a business strike, but it IS a proof.