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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1786933, member: 31620&quot;]Doug,</p><p>Some tough questions.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The T F and the F T are used to differentiate the issues by field marks. The T F issue however is used in two consecutive issues. The first T F issues has ATR and BTR in exe and with both officina the cape is draped over a single shoulder. The mint re-uses the T F for a second issue and here officine 1 has a dot before the ATR and officina 2 has the drapes over both shoulders. The F T issue follows and the dot is maintained for issue 1 but the drapes return to a single shoulder for officina B.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now the big question for me is WHY? This seems overly complex but they must have had reasons for shoosing such a complex system rather than using more letters etc.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There has been much speculation on the use of T F and F T with theories such as T F standing for TEMPORVM FELICITAS and F T standing for FELICITAS TEMPOR. These discussions are for from reaching any solid conclusion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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