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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 680871, member: 5233&quot;]OK, so there seems to be 4 different &quot;flavors&quot; of this die as is became cracked...that makes sense.&nbsp; Is the uncracked state (5) recognizable through die markers?&nbsp; I think it would be a fun project down the road to put together a set of all 4.&nbsp; Also, it sounds like the 5b state is when it was paired with the CSA reverse.&nbsp; Is this correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a little confused as to why it was repaired with the USA reverse after the CSA coin was minted (unless I misread your post).&nbsp; I know the O mint did finish producing their order of US coins as they were supposed to...but it surprises me that they would continue to strike &quot;foreign&quot; coins as the war was going.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, when they chose this obverse die for the striking of the CSA half did they just grab one at random or did they chose this one for a reason?&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t think they would pick a cracked die for the first striking of their coin unless all the others were in even worse shape...unless they just didn&#039;t check it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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