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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2309002, member: 66&quot;]Interesting, I hadn&#039;t seen any of the ground down dies that still showed any of the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 19th century there is also references to dies being destroyed by &quot;fire and sledge&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure what this referred to but I would assume it might mean heating the dies until they were softened, and then smashing the die faces with a sledgehammer.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if any of those dies have survived.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I do the believe the CC dies that were discovered were canceled with a X cut in the face with a chisel. (this could also be the &quot;fire and sledge&quot; cancellation.&nbsp; Heat and then use the sledge to drive the chisel into the die face.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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