Mintage Fine Very Fine Ex. Mintage Fine Very Fine Ex. Mintage Fine Very Fine Ex. Some of these coins escaped being melted down and are in private hands. Mintage Fine Very Fine Ex.
Coins exist without fully engrailed edges for all years.
Most of these have two small groves in the milling at two opposite points where the engrailing machinery started but failed to complete. The normal engrailing also shows its two start points quite clearly as short plain sections within the engrailing. Pieces without fully engrailed edges command a significant premium over normal coins. These coins are not particularly rare, but uncirculated specimens are difficult to obtain.