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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rzage, post: 1973138, member: 14070&quot;]Because they didn&#039;t use true reeding until the use of closed collar dies . Before that they used a milling and upsetting machine to make the coins round and to add lettering or designs . Some designs from the upsetting machines were quite beautiful , think of the design on Spanish 8 reale coins . But your question is valid . Maybe they just didn&#039;t think of it yet and as you said the lines on your half were maybe experimental . Also remember the very 1st dollars and halves didn&#039;t have the denomination on either side of the coin , so they added it with lettering like FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR . Change seemed to come slowly .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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