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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 333269, member: 1859&quot;]Seems like there are a lot of different things going on here.&nbsp; The face seems to show &quot;split-line doubling&quot;, which occurs when the copper plating splits under tensile forces set up by the strike.&nbsp; The doubling of the date appears to be due to die deterioration.&nbsp; The broadly dispersed bumps on the obverse seem to be blistered plating.&nbsp; The irregular texture on the reverse appears to be the orange-peel surface of a late die state.&nbsp; Finally, there appears to be a die gouge or die dent passing through the S of STATES.&nbsp; I see no evidence of grease on the dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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