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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3317821, member: 19463&quot;]Following the progression of a die break is useful in establishing the order of the dies used for the other side of the coin and can be fun if you have access to enough material.&nbsp; This is a kind of &#039;flyspecking&#039; (discussed in another thread currently running) that has nothing to do with RIC numbers.&nbsp; Order of striking is assumed when dealing with coins bearing COS, TRP etc. numbers but most of our series requires digging deeper to root out the fun.&nbsp; Of course we also have to address the possibilities that several dies were used side by side but not always with the same mate.&nbsp; My preferred theory is that each night the two dies were separated and secured so no one had access to both dies for after hours counterfeiting. That can not be proved but fits the observation that some dies are known to have been used with several different reverses.&nbsp; To study this we really need to find a hoard of several thousand of these coins and have the money to support the effort.&nbsp; Neither is likely to happen. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few more Venus reverses show variations common and no so common.&nbsp; I rarely buy these anymore now that there are more collectors interested in the series than there was twenty years ago. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]879671[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879672[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879675[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]879676[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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