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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4172651, member: 46237"]Nope, they aren't flaws <i>at all</i>. That's where you're getting it wrong. They are just differences. Calling them flaws is <i>entirely subjective</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's take an overdate for example. The mint wants to save money by reusing an 1873 die for 1878 and they repunch the 3 as an 8. It is <i>intended</i> to be done. They press the dies into heavy use. The die shatters and they still keep striking the coins with it <i>intentionally</i>. The coins produced in these scenarios are not flawed. They are <i>as struck</i>. Realize that your preference for the coin in an earlier die state before the die cracks and cuds are present is just that, <i>your preference</i>. It does not inherently make the earlier die state better or the later die state "lesser than". Both die states can produce an MS70 example, as struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4172651, member: 46237"]Nope, they aren't flaws [I]at all[/I]. That's where you're getting it wrong. They are just differences. Calling them flaws is [I]entirely subjective[/I]. Let's take an overdate for example. The mint wants to save money by reusing an 1873 die for 1878 and they repunch the 3 as an 8. It is [I]intended[/I] to be done. They press the dies into heavy use. The die shatters and they still keep striking the coins with it [I]intentionally[/I]. The coins produced in these scenarios are not flawed. They are [I]as struck[/I]. Realize that your preference for the coin in an earlier die state before the die cracks and cuds are present is just that, [I]your preference[/I]. It does not inherently make the earlier die state better or the later die state "lesser than". Both die states can produce an MS70 example, as struck.[/QUOTE]
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