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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 20299225, member: 76105&quot;]What I have heard is, either it was done intentionally as a wartime effort to conserve die steel (which would explain the 1918/7-S quarter and the 1942/1 Mercs as well) or it was done by a relatively inexperienced wartime Mint hire.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure if there is any truth to these hypotheses. However - we do know that the 1918/7-D Buffalo die was used to the point of heavy die wear, so tens of thousands of coins were struck (if not over 100k).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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