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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 2638854, member: 84179&quot;]I&#039;ve seen lots of weak STATES on cents and I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a filled die.&nbsp; The base of Lincoln&#039;s portrait is the highest relief on the obv. and it&#039;s directly opposite the STATES on the rev.&nbsp; A lot of metal has to flow into this area to fill it in.&nbsp; If the pressing pressures aren&#039;t set up correctly (low to increase die life?), you end up with a weak strike.&nbsp; The shoulder doesn&#039;t have a lot of detail but it&#039;s probably weakly struck as well.&nbsp; At least that&#039;s my theory.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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