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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;atcarroll, post: 4023078, member: 77294&quot;]I read somewhere that at the New Orleans mint, sometimes the dies were spaced just a tiny bit farther apart than optimal in the presses, in an effort to extend the life of the dies. Remember, they were running the mint as a metal stamping shop, and by the mid 1880s they knew most of the dollars they made would end up stored in bags rather than circulating, so keeping production running was a higher priority than ensuring each coin was fully struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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