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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2707538, member: 46237&quot;]OH those are not die gouges, those are shield bar clash marks by the ear. That&#039;s present on a lot of the varieties in many years in this series, though the angle of the clash differs slightly between dies depending on the die rotation when the clash happened. 3 obverse dies were used between the 5 1834 varieties, and all 3 dies had clashing of the shield bars at the ear at some point in the life of the dies. It&#039;s not diagnostically relevant for determining the variety at all, however, it can be used to determine the die stage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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