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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3875436, member: 24633&quot;]Yes, the details of the clash do tend to soften from continued use of the dies. I saw this occur often on Morgan dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>How long the Mint continues to use the dies, I can&#039;t say, but one of my acquaintances who retired from the Philly Mint told me (many years ago) that when dies do clash, the sound of steel-hardened dies clashing is very different from the sound made when a planchet is struck. So, they usually knew when it happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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