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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bedford, post: 1592731, member: 4917&quot;]From Overton&#039;s 1st edition . &quot;Blanked Dies - Quite often low &amp; smooth,or nearly smoth areas will appear on reverses,where the die made little if any impression. These areas nearly are found in the stars &amp; clouds on the rteverses of 1796-1807 Fillet head type &amp; in PLURIB in the scroll &amp; AT of STATES on the Turban head type. These smooth depressed areas will be found opposite of the heavy portion of the bust &amp; are caused by planchets that lacked enough metal to completely fill the die. As to the individual planchets,it is not a die variety &amp; is not treated as such&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically for this variety the chin &amp; front of Liberty&#039;s face were very strong / heavy .This and a good portion of the planchets at the time for this striking have similar features in this portion of the wing due to that strength. This example (planchet) appears to have been even more so too thin &amp; lined up in a way that caused it to be quite pronounced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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