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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 216499, member: 66&quot;]The AW on the coin is incuse which means that on the die the initials are raised.&nbsp; And theyare also on a field area of the coin which means they are on te highest part of the die as well.&nbsp; So you have rased initials on the highest part of the die.&nbsp; This meant that the initials were the absolute highest thing on the die.&nbsp; S you can inagine what happened anytime they had to do polishing of the die.&nbsp; If they ever did much they would polish the initials right off the die.&nbsp; The best known examples is the 1918, I belive 18-S issue, and the 1942 proofs with missing initials.&nbsp; They occur on several different dates.&nbsp; Thereis not a lot of interest in them and I don&#039;t believe there is any comprehansive listing of known dates and mints.&nbsp; But since it was the result of a simple polished die it could occur on many years nad on even more than one die in a given year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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