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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 536300, member: 9104&quot;]By the way, this is a B-1 R1 marriage and probably the easiest to find in all grades in the whole CB25c series.&nbsp; Your example is a late die stage.&nbsp; I will post my two examples below to show the different stages in the obverse die.&nbsp; I believe there are two cracks that form independently at S1 and S13 then proceeds to meet at the bust...I could be wrong...it&#039;s just a theory?&nbsp; I haven&#039;t really seen enough (although quite common) higher grade LDS examples to confirm or deny it.&nbsp; It could also be it is singular crack and that less pressure is exerted on the bust area during striking that makes the crack difficult to see?....No die bulges though?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my near terminal example of the B-1 marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://f.imagehost.org/0346/1834B1coin2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example of the earlier die stage of the B-1 (PCGS AU58)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://f.imagehost.org/0877/1834B1PCGSAU58.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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