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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsden, post: 8078850, member: 38010&quot;]FWIW, I&#039;ve always been skeptical of this explanation, though I&#039;ve seen it repeated a hundred times or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consider the considerable intricacies of many other designs of the period. Heck, just look at the eagle &amp; shield underneath the rays.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.images-apmex.com/images/products/1853-liberty-seated-half-dollar-w-arrows-rays-ms-61-ngc_161546_Rev.jpg?v=20191025091623&amp;width=560&amp;height=560" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;Compared with those, the rays are fairly trivial and modest in relief. My guess is that there was another reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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