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There is a discussion of this topic in Bernard Nagengast 1980's pioneer Jefferson Nickel book. Nagengast searched countless (original) rolls before writing the book. I recall BB's are parti… (View Post)

IMO, definitely so. Some years between 1955-1964, the US mint had excess obverse PR 25c dies and used them to strike ms coins (rather than discard them). 1959 was one such year, for sure. The obv pr … (View Post)

My answer to the question posed in the title is: "You cannot reliably tell a business strike from an SMS coin" --- the operative word being "reliably" It is sometimes obvious that… (View Post)

There are two 45-s 25c mm varieties: knobtail s and trumpet tail s. This coin is a knobtail s. (View Post)

Stickers on the back indicate coins were sold on Teletrade at some point. (View Post)