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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2470798, member: 24314&quot;]Well that makes a nice story.&nbsp; Obviously, very many cents made in Denver were struck using worn out reverse dies.&nbsp; It&#039;s the last part of the story about the reverses that is misleading.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So you read something like this:&nbsp; The Denver mint is striking awful looking coins dated 1922 and they reached back into the die vault and pulled out some fresh 1921 reverse dies and used them to make attractive coins w/strong reverses.&nbsp; We&#039;ll never know but I have some issues with what you read:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Since reverse dies are not dated, when does a 1920 reverse die become a 1921 reverse die?&nbsp; When does a 1921 reverse die become a 1922 reverse die?&nbsp; The only way to ID when a reverse die was used with a dated obverse is to identify die markers or die polish.&nbsp; That&#039;s why I wanted to know how you knew the reverse was from 1921.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2. If the reverse on the coins was bad, they would have switched out immediately to fresh dies. Apparently none were on hand at the time so they continued to us reverse dies that were used and became worn making cents dated 1921.&nbsp; I contend that there were no fresh reverses at the time in Denver so (as you said) many 1922 cents have weak reverses. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. As soon as the new reverses were sent to Denver sometime in 1922 they were used to replace the old ones mentioned above.&nbsp; So, I guess all I am posting is there were NO FRESH 1921 reverses in Denver available to strike 1922 cents and the strong reverse coins were actually made from the new shipment of 1922 reverse dies.&nbsp; Just trying to refute some misinformation you may have read. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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