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Presumably there is a reverse design element visible on the other side of the struck L, which is obscured by the holder. (View Post)

I don't think private policies would preclude shipping by Registered Mail. Mine doesn't. It does penalize you for shipping FedEx over a weekend, though. I'm going on two lost incoming registered pack… (View Post)

No well-defined endpoint short of the grave. Being a collector doesn't stop when a "last hole" is filled in a set. There's always the hunt for something else cool. (View Post)

Consensus is that it was a manually altered die. As for how many strikes from typical die, I'm going to guess 300,000, but that's a wet finger estimate. That info isn't in the Mint's annual report. P… (View Post)

XF, maybe cleaned. Realize that close to 1/4 of the 80-CC mintage was sold in the GSA sales. The price curve for circulated 80-CCs is pretty flat, so little things that make a coin look nice for the … (View Post)