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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 765202, member: 9104&quot;]From The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars by Wiley and Bugert.</p><p><br /></p><p>WB-101. NORMAL DATE. (MANY DIES) </p><p>Many marriages exist for this variety. (Breen-4850 and 4854) </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;“Halos” can often be found around the stars, the digits in the date, and to a lesser extent, the central device of many head dies for this date. We believe that the cause for this “halo” phenomenon can be traced back to the construction äf a temporary master die for this date as well as 1853 and 1855. in each year, a regular working die was converted to a temporary master die by repunching all stars and heavily impressing a date and arrows heads. All elements were impressed with such force that the bases of the punches transferred to the die as halos around each element. These halos transferred from the master die to the working hub and subsequent working dies and coins such that early die state coins of all early dies show the phenomenon. We believe this accounts for the doubling and tripling of features (e.g. date and stars) found on many dies of this date. &quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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