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 StevenExpert Member
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Location: S/E Missouri
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Had to open this string up again with my new find. Not a Pretty coin but it is my first one of these  Photo date isn't right found it today.
Steven
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 Bob PSite Admin
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Location: Niceville, Florida
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:03 am |
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Congrats on finding one Steven. I have been searching for them for as many years as I can remember, and have managed to find only 3 of them. Your coin would look a lot better if you removed the dirt with a little goo-gone or something else that won't remove the patina.
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wavysteps2003Expert Member
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Just a bit more information on the 1956-D with rotated 5 in the date. This at one time was a master die that was put aside due to the miss punch of the 5 digit (remeber that the last two digits were punched into master dies during this time period). For one reason or another, it was abraded and later used as a working die, however, not all of the rotated 5 was taken off.
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 GarryNExpert Member
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:41 pm |
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I have three of those 1956 D 5/5 coins. They are fun to look at. Early on, they were the subject of a long string in a previous post somewhere here. The string may have been deleted. I thought it was concluded that it was the result of a die gouge and not a misplaced punch?
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wavysteps2003Expert Member
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 6:25 am |
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Actually, it was the die gouge theory that was debunked by overlays for they showed an exact match of the errant "5" to the correctly positioned "5".
The die that you may have been thinking about is the 1958 with the underlying "7". Most all the experts feel that this nothing more than a well placed die gouge that mimics the top portion of a "7", however, even now you will find this "error" on Ebay being totted as a doubled die.
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GarryNExpert Member
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 2:52 pm |
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We had a long string discussing the 1956-D 5/5. Maybe someone can recall what the conclusion was at that time. I dont doubt that the overlay would show similarity, but there was some doubt about the possibility of that. I am familiar with the 1958/7. That does show up once in a while on Ebay and its one of those ways fakes are dumped on unsuspecting collectors. I recall one ad referenced the 1858/ 7 FE cent and the "coincidence" that it could happen a second time in 100 years.
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