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The two known varieties are both rare. The easier one to spot is a 1942/43 overdate, where there is a shadow "2" underneath the "3" in the date. The other exhibits doubling around Jefferson's eye.

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Uh, look for the mint mark.

It's sitting above the dome of Monticello, on the coin's reverse.

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