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I think I may have found a 1916 in a group of dateless scrap bought off ebay. For sure, I found three type 1's. One is a 1917D, the mint mark being visible even though the date is not (no stars under eagle). The third is too worn to tell much of anything. The one I think might be a 1916 it seems an extremely light partial six can be seen under high magnification, but the light has to strike it just right. Other features of the coin are much more easily visible. So... my question. Is there any way to differentiate a 1916 from a 1917 type one from other devices, when the date is gone?

Found the answers to my own question:

http://www.anacs.com/contentPages/ShowA ... eSupport=1

it's a 1917, dammit ($3600 just changed to $24)

umm you scared me there Ray...... Never thought of even looking at the ones I sloughed off on you Darn the luck, better luck next time I imagine??

ScottyTX wrote:umm you scared me there Ray...... Never thought of even looking at the ones I sloughed off on you Darn the luck, better luck next time I imagine??

I guess the potential of finding Type 1's is one reason people bid on dateless lots that are 6 - 12% gram wt light, since their numie value exceeds melt by a factor greater than 3X. You're sluffies only had two of them in the batch

There are several instances over on coin community forum of guys finding 1916 type 1's in dateless junk lots on ebay. They scour ebay continiously looking for them. There are several differences that catch your eye fairly quickly...if you know what your looking for.

^^^^ and those are......lol

Link below. This thread from coincomunity.com has all links and description that you will need.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topi ... 2CStanding