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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4900374, member: 78244"]Counting the berries and leaves is a terrible method and a waste of your time. The numbers are just a formality to document every single unique characteristic of each die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Start with the distance of the R of LIBERTY is from the hair. That will quickly narrow it down to 20 or so varieties. Then look at the hair curl and the date position. That generally narrows down to 4 or fewer varieties. THEN go into berry/leaf number and relationships to narrow it down to one variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>1794 has 74 die pairs. At least 46 of the dies have uniquely-identifiable characteristics that are obvious even in low grade, and these instantly narrow down the variety to 4 or fewer varieties with one exception. This isn’t even including die cracks. That is the best way to navigate the 1794 varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4900374, member: 78244"]Counting the berries and leaves is a terrible method and a waste of your time. The numbers are just a formality to document every single unique characteristic of each die. Start with the distance of the R of LIBERTY is from the hair. That will quickly narrow it down to 20 or so varieties. Then look at the hair curl and the date position. That generally narrows down to 4 or fewer varieties. THEN go into berry/leaf number and relationships to narrow it down to one variety. 1794 has 74 die pairs. At least 46 of the dies have uniquely-identifiable characteristics that are obvious even in low grade, and these instantly narrow down the variety to 4 or fewer varieties with one exception. This isn’t even including die cracks. That is the best way to navigate the 1794 varieties.[/QUOTE]
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