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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 1257991, member: 18157&quot;]Nice coin...now that&#039;s what I&#039;m talkin&#039; about! </p><p><br /></p><p><b>I find these coins interesting, too...</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Clad planchets are harder than silver so, early on, the Mint had a habit of over-using dies (maybe they still do). I find very late die state examples to be particularly interesting. Here&#039;s one I found and tried to photograph. I didn&#039;t get the lighting right...but the &quot;Orange Peel&quot; effect, dramatic flow lines, and sunken die are quite amazing &quot;in hand&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/FlowLines-Obv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv10/Yakpoo/FlowLine-Rev2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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