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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1055179, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, those are serious die cracks. This is a real workhorse reverse die, married to two obverse dies in 1803 and four in 1804 !</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the final use of the die, as the advancing die cracks ultimately split the die into three distinct pieces as the die cracks extend all the way north - south.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a rare die variety -<b> BD-6, r.5</b>. There are an estimated 35 to 45 around. With an estimated survival rate of 1%*, that indicates perhaps 3500-4500* were coined. Even the earliest die states of this variety show advanced die breakage, so the mintage of 4000 or so indicates these dies held together in &quot;old age&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s worth comparing that to 1790s dies and see how many coins (copper, silver, gold) were made from advanced die states.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">* Maybe more</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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