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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 25615090, member: 90692&quot;]Yep, die deterioration doubling…that plating doesn’t look split to me.&nbsp; Not being split, here is a way to look at how it happens to get this appearance:</p><p><br /></p><p>…at a million strikes per die set, the first 500K is not going to show anything but very minor deviation.&nbsp; But towards the 900K the detail is showing the deterioration, evident in the date and mint mark at the perimeter due to the convex face of the die.&nbsp; So, you could say this coin was in that last 900K to the end of the use of the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I am not a die expert, but I try to apply logistics as to why a coin appears such and such, and this seems a logical reasoning as to why it happens.</p><p>…imo…Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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