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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 376294, member: 12965"]More scarce - looking around. I found one out of of fifty so far but I'm still looking. :kewl:</p><p> </p><p>I know that dies wear with use and it was common to re-do them as they wore down but I also know that when the dies are originally made, sometimes the engraving wasn't considered deep enough so they'd cut a little more out and from that, doubling can then occur from the beginning of the die's existence and it doesn't have to be from wear that they repunched the die but I know that was the most common cause.</p><p> </p><p>I forgot about the 5 on the 1825. I knew there was one more thing I saw different in the pictures. I'll re-compare my coin to the dates of the others and post it shortly. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> </p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 376294, member: 12965"]More scarce - looking around. I found one out of of fifty so far but I'm still looking. :kewl: I know that dies wear with use and it was common to re-do them as they wore down but I also know that when the dies are originally made, sometimes the engraving wasn't considered deep enough so they'd cut a little more out and from that, doubling can then occur from the beginning of the die's existence and it doesn't have to be from wear that they repunched the die but I know that was the most common cause. I forgot about the 5 on the 1825. I knew there was one more thing I saw different in the pictures. I'll re-compare my coin to the dates of the others and post it shortly. :D Ribbit :)[/QUOTE]
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