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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3441224, member: 101855&quot;]You are dealing with the early 19th century when coins were struck with presses powered by humans with often less than perfect dies. These coins were not struck on the state of the art steam powered presses that the Soho Mint had in England. You can&#039;t apply 20th century standards to coins of this era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heaven help you if you ever get into the Massachusetts Oak Tree and large size Pine Tree coinage which was almost always struck bent on a rocker press or the medieval hammer stuck British coinage. You seem expect that everything is supposed is supposed to show every aspect of the design detail. It does not work that way. When you find a coin like that, it is either truly exceptional or there might be something going on with it that should make you run away from it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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