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Message:: [QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 761903, member: 7957"]I am not sure it was either.  Just that every coin had the same wear pattern.  There were 4 obverse dies for the S VDB.  That should mean that there were 6/7 obverse dies for the 1877.  That one pair or obverse die did something like this would not surprise me much.  That every die pair/obverse die (at least most) had the same wear pattern really surprised me.  Maybe there was something wrong with their press(es?).  And, though I saw several in the fine range, I saw few in the AU and up range that showed any signs of weak strikes in that area.  Were the older collectors that much more selective?[/QUOTE]