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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 515819, member: 2972&quot;]p.s. these middle dates are a bit tougher than the earlier dates, but NOWHERE near as hard as the late dates (say beyond 1840).&nbsp; Unlike the steam-pressed coins of the later period, the letters were punched by hand into the dies used to strike these middle-dates, so slight positioning differences make attribution tedious but not difficult.&nbsp; In the case of this coin, it was the position of the 2nd S in STATES versus the leaves below it which were used to attribute the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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