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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1034898, member: 6036&quot;]Interesting ! That suggests they used a different reverse die simply because they were using a different metal planchet ! Why in the world would they do that ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Alternately, they used the same dies but the made the rare copper ones first, made only a few, did some die filing, then struck the common Cu-Ni pieces. In that case, it is not a die <i>marriage </i>issue, it&#039;s a die <i>state </i>issue. That seems more plausible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another possibility is they struck business strikes from one die, but proofs from different dies, and used the same dies for the rare copper strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, the Judd pattern book should have mentioned the whole business strike vs. proof thing, but they didn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any other theories ? Any other facts come to light regarding die diagnostics which discern the two ? </p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve heard back from pattern expert Andy Lustig who mentioned only color as discerning factor; he didn&#039;t mention any die diagnostics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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