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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;justafarmer, post: 2686443, member: 3926&quot;]In most instances an RPM, Doubled Die and other die varieties are no more rare than any other normal coin struck by a specific die. A die is placed in service and it produces the normal amount of coins irrespective as to whether that die is producing an RPM, Doubled Die or etc. These are not physical characteristics that causes a reduction in the useful life of a die. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is true - dies that exhibit these characteristics are rarer than dies that don&#039;t. But as for the number of coins such a die produces is approximately the same as any other die. </p><p><br /></p><p>The real value of an RPM, Doubled Die and etc provides is the unique characteristics these dies transfer to the coinage it produces that allows a collector to attribute the coin to the specific working die that struck it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Whether this attribute can be observed by the naked eye, a 10x loupe or other extreme magnification really makes no difference. Because in most cases there are a million more coins out there just like it struck by the same die. </p><p><br /></p><p>Really if you think about it - the easier such a characteristic is to see the more likely of being discovered by a collector thus creating a larger population of known examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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