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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 643041, member: 2972&quot;]Yeah, should really be &quot;44 over upside down 18&quot;.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always scratched my head on the naming of that one.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I understand things, the date on these coins was stamped into the working die with a 4 digit logotype.&nbsp; What likely happened here was someone took the 1844 stamp, and at least partially stamped it upside down.&nbsp; They then flipped it rightside up and finished sinking the date.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This error gives you some insight into how the dies were actually made.&nbsp; Kind of neat....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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