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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1844854, member: 68&quot;]Thanks GDJMSP.&nbsp; It&#039;s appreciated.&nbsp; With all that build up I better not be wrong. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve got a few more details. The PL obverse surfaces are distinct enough that one might be able to pick these out by the obverse alone.&nbsp; My estimate of the incidence could be off a little since it appears the die pair was in use a very brief time resulting in these being &quot;bunched up&quot; a lot when they were shipped. I&#039;m guessing they were caught but some were already sent out. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is a single die pair. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I doubt it was a hubbing variety&nbsp; because it affects the entire top of the coin and nothing else.&nbsp; The lettering on &quot;UNITED STATES OF AMERICA&quot; is simply different. Perhaps they were preparing for a design change that didn&#039;t occur or something. There&#039;s no apparent distortion in the shape or placement of these letters. Coins displaying it are fairly well struck and extremely PL. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This may sound absurd that such a dramatic coin could hide in plain sight for nearly twenty years but here it is.&nbsp; Not only was it in plain sight but highlighted by the stunning&nbsp; PL sufaces (especiually the obverse).&nbsp; I&#039;m sure it wasn&#039;t another gift from Philip Diehl like the W dime marking the FDR 50th anniversary in the same set but it certainly will be a boost to those sets containing it.&nbsp; It looks like the incidence is in the &quot;sweet spot&quot; where it&#039;s common enough it can be found but scarce enough it&#039;s worth looking.&nbsp; There&#039;s still a lot of research that needs to be done. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I sure don&#039;t know how I missed it.&nbsp; There are some tremendoius coins in the &#039;96 mintt sets that will grab your attention but this is one of them even without a different reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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