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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 2448413, member: 76105&quot;]Why is the date so crooked going from the 184 to the 5 on these coins? Google a picture of one and you&#039;ll see what I mean. It looks like two different dates pasted together.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]511503[/ATTACH]</p><p>Notice the shape of the 5.</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened at the mint that caused this peculiar date shape? Was it a lazy diecutter who just took a die from 1843 or 44, smoothed out the last digit, and stamped a 5 on the empty space? Did the diecutter cut the first three digits, get drunk, and then cut the last one? Who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>(Not talking about the RPD)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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