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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 3032090, member: 21705&quot;]Moved from the under $50 thread where I inadvertently posted this:</p><p><br /></p><p>I just spotted two very similar, but different coins. Could the similarities indicate that what was considered post mint damage might have been simply the terminal die state imparted at the mint? The &quot;damage&quot; behind Liberties ear, right of the bust and the top of R(I) on the reverse are of particular interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]755673[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before spotting the second coin, I would have agreed. Now I&#039;m not so sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are at least the latest known die state of an already Rare variety. And while the &quot;damage&quot; behind the ear is much clearer on one coin, the other shows similar discontinuity at the same location with similar angles and shape. This can&#039;t happen either with PMD. At least it&#039;s statistically unlikely in such a small sample.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse die was never used again and the reverse, and particularly the R(I), was either repaired or the initial similarities resulted from weak strikes {Bifurcation?} since the reverse die was used on the next two varieties as well without the open R.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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