California Minerva Round Variety CMRQ-5
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Pick-Up Points
CMRQ-4 and CMRQ-5 have lined borders instead of beaded borders, unusual for the series.
Unusually, the date is block style instead of italic style.
Image courtesy of Stack's-Bowers
The fraction bar is lengthy. It extends below the right edge of the upright
of the 1, to above the left edge of the upright of the 4.
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Rarity 8
Coin turn.
Plain edge.
Weight: 0.3gm
Diameter: 9.4mm
12 stars
Obverse die shared with CMRQ-4.
Reverse die shared with CIRQ-4.
Equivalents:
Bruce-California-X#Tn7,
Burnie-47-1 (page 85),
Locke (2001) 1915 Minerva #3.
Die States
Die State 1.0