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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2272368, member: 299&quot;]My estimates of die life differ slightly from Conder101&#039;s but not by much.&nbsp; As low as 10000/die in the beginning, rising to 25000/die by 1883.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that a 4 gang punch was used does not affect the judgment of strike doubling.&nbsp; The coin in question is definitely strike doubled, for all the reasons I previously stated.&nbsp; If you (generic you, not picking on anyone) think &quot;flat and shelflike&quot; doesn&#039;t describe this coin, you really need to rethink your mental picture of what flat and shelflike looks like because the coin in question is exactly what one expects from flat and shelflike strike doubling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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