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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 437740, member: 5629&quot;]There were close to probably a dozen on three different types of planchets for this particular essay.&nbsp; However, the problem is that these same die (assuming there was only one set) were used to strike three different essay types.&nbsp; Accordingly, each die (obv/rerv) was probably used for at least 220 strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whether or not they were struck at the same time could be debatable.&nbsp; what we would have to assume is that the mint ran each essay straight through, changing planchet types through the short run.&nbsp; However, I think that maybe they would have changed the dies and used the same type planchets instead.&nbsp; For instance, placing the Washington head obv. with the slight curved rev., striking a few samples, examining them, then changing the obv. die to GOT, striking a few, then changing to the strong curved rev., striking a few, then changing the planchet type, and repeating the process.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In all, the die combinations resulted in five different types of essay in 1863, three of which used this particular reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Consider the possibility, perhaps, of an optical illusion due to not only lighting and photo quality, but also the fact that the picture you linked is slightly aligned to the counterclockwise position compared to the photo here in the thread.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have only touched the tip of the iceberg myself with the two cent patterns.&nbsp; For such a short series in and of itself, it&#039;s amazing that with the variety of planchets and pattern dies, there are 27 different essays for the two cent piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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