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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2499849, member: 19165&quot;]Interesting analysis, and great pictures. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect early copper, so forgive me if my questions seem silly: </p><p><br /></p><p>Were the elements on these coins hand punched? That is, were the letters and numbers individually punched into the die, or was there a gang punch that had a segment? My understand was that in the early mint, dies were handcrafted and thus differed significantly. This is how Bust Halves are attributed, for example - no two dies are the same, because each letter was individually hand punched and there is great variation. Each die is attributable by looking at the positions of letters relative to devices. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are the cents not the same? Can you not look at a few key letters and quickly identify a die? Perhaps I misunderstand the distinction between the &quot;S-194&quot; and &quot;S-195.&quot; Are they different dies, or different die states (or remarriages, the way the half dime folks do)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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