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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stewart, post: 1320222, member: 19834&quot;]Lee,</p><p>&nbsp; Thank you for chiming in on this I had completely forgotten about the MMS-2b and ended up back in the safe yesterday digging out all of the 74 40% proofs and going over them again. A great afternoon, thank you for reminding me.&nbsp; Alas no MMS-2b’s for Terry yet.:too-funny: It will come.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>As far as the Micro “S” situation with the two different versions 40% Silver and Cuni-Clad. I was under the impression that it was a foregone conclusion that the two versions were from the same die. With Brian and John identifying two separate die markers on both versions of the 74 S proofs. The reason for me bringing this thread to the top was to see if anyone had found any more examples. Hoping to check out pictures of more than the few examples I have seen. I was trying to see which came first “The Chicken or The Egg” (The Proof or The Copper-Nickel Clad) that question has been in my head since Brian’s announcement of the discovery of the Copper-Nickel Clad Micro “S”. Then the other day I received a reply from someone that had went back and checked their 74 S Proofs and had found one of the 74 S 40% Proofs that was an Eskimo Boot PegLeg was also a Micro “S”.&nbsp; It will be on its way back to ANACS soon. He will also be photographing it soon also. I can’t wait to see them. My thinking at this point is along the lines of looking at the “R” for clues. Because after die re-treatments the serifs on the “R” will get weaker . My 74 S 40% Micro “S” has just a whisper of the left serif remaining and with the&nbsp; one from the other day being an Eskimo Boot PegLeg. My thinking at this point is the 40% proofs were stuck at the end of the usefulness of the die and after some re-treatments. Accounting for Dr. Wiles finding more common the Copper-Nickel Clad version than the 40% Silver Proof. But then again this is all just theory at this point until the opportunity presents itself to see and compare more examples. I think the theory is sound enough to warrant further investigation. </p><p><br /></p><p>One more Eisenhower Dollar question to puzzle over. </p><p>&nbsp; And boy do I seem to pick the off the wall ones. </p><p>That is what I love about Ike’s, new territory to explore. I sure wish I had been there at the very beginning of the discoveries and research of the Morgan and Peace Dollar VAMS. I bet that was some wild and wooly times to be a part of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Terry[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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