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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3421621, member: 21705"]In the event that you run across the earliest die state of either of these two reverses (P on the 161 or CC on the 180) with the obverse unidentifiable, it would take some effort to distinguish between the two reverses. Differences between the two are more subtle than variations of strike on either.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect there was experimentation with a Hub Die in 1798 which led to the Hub die used in 1800 and this could be evidence for that. In this event, the touch up work with the fraction, bar and stems would be the key to distinguishing between them.</p><p><br /></p><p>If either reverse die (in it's early state before the breaks) were used with the other's usual obverse pairing , it could have gone unnoticed to this day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3421621, member: 21705"]In the event that you run across the earliest die state of either of these two reverses (P on the 161 or CC on the 180) with the obverse unidentifiable, it would take some effort to distinguish between the two reverses. Differences between the two are more subtle than variations of strike on either. I suspect there was experimentation with a Hub Die in 1798 which led to the Hub die used in 1800 and this could be evidence for that. In this event, the touch up work with the fraction, bar and stems would be the key to distinguishing between them. If either reverse die (in it's early state before the breaks) were used with the other's usual obverse pairing , it could have gone unnoticed to this day.[/QUOTE]
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