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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1335284, member: 68&quot;]It&#039;s a beautiful specimen. </p><p><br /></p><p>These were actually made before the well struck coins so have less die wear.&nbsp; Apparently when one of the dies in a quad press was swapped out this die was reset to make better strikes but very soon after this they discovered the missing mint mark and took the die out of service. Normal procedure is to destroy the output of the bad die before it gets out.&nbsp; Mint records on this one though are incomplete if memory serves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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