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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 913132, member: 66&quot;]The big difference in difficulty of attribultion between things like VAM&#039;s, and two cent pieces, and Classic head half cents and capped bust half dimes is how the dies were made. Before 1836 the dies were created by punching individual features into the dies by hand.&nbsp; After 1836 the dies were made by full hubbing and the only feature punched in was the date and mintmark.&nbsp; So about the only other differences between the dies are die scratches, and other little small marks on the dies.&nbsp; And those features can come and then fade away as the die wears.&nbsp; This means variety identification is MUCH easier for the earlier coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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