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Message:: [QUOTE="Bmmartin, post: 4400909, member: 98956"]I think some have interpreted it as something else, and that has become central to the argument throughout the threads; that the anomaly doesn't exist (numismatic pareidolia) or kept saying it was incuse (which ran counter to what Mr. Weinberg meant IMHO). TBH - I think that's definitely possible, I was thinking 1:500 based on what we've found, but I was assuming they would retire this particular die pair much faster because of the MD.  My theory on why we haven't seen as many specimens emerge revolves around weaker strikes and die progression/wear.  As you mentioned, if the assumptions are correct, we should see at least 1 in 100, right? Then again, many could have been thrown in Coinstar machines! One major question:  What happened with the dies once they were retired?  Just asking because proof dies are retired earlier than business dies correct?  I imagine SMS about somewhere in between. So was it possible that they were shipped to Philadelphia because those SMS dies had no mintmark?  In other words, even though they weren't good enough for SMS strikes, they were good enough for business strikes?  Just curious - I can't find much on the history of how the 65-67 SMS dies were retired.[/QUOTE]