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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 553564, member: 15309"]Just for you Mike:</p><p><br /></p><p>There are four known obverse dies (1-4) and 5 known reverse dies (A-E). Heritage provides the following reference about the discovery of the different dies in their auction listing for the only DuVall 4-E example known at the time. This is the excerpt from that auction listing and a link to that auction.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: Red">In his 1993 reference "Commemorative Coins of the United States," Anthony Swiatek discussed the discovery of the Lafayette dollar varieties: "In 1925, George H. Clapp discovered a Lafayette dollar which differed from the piece described by Howland Wood. ... After a discussion with Mr. Clapp, Howland Wood examined several hundred Lafayette dollars. ... He concluded that three obverse and four reverse dies exist." Frank DuVall, Life Member #1 of the Society for U.S. Commemorative Coins, discovered an additional variety, and published his find in the Fall 1988 issue of <i>The Commemorative Trail. </i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=444&Lot_No=2090" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=444&Lot_No=2090" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=444&Lot_No=2090</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For purposes of Lafayette Dollar die variety discussions all varieties will be called DuVall varieties. As stated earlier in this thread there are 5 different known die varieties: <span style="color: Blue"><b>1A, 1B, 2C, 3D, & 4E.</b></span> In the following posts I will list the diagnostics of each die and provide photos of the diagnostics. We will start with the obverse dies first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 553564, member: 15309"]Just for you Mike: There are four known obverse dies (1-4) and 5 known reverse dies (A-E). Heritage provides the following reference about the discovery of the different dies in their auction listing for the only DuVall 4-E example known at the time. This is the excerpt from that auction listing and a link to that auction. [COLOR=Red]In his 1993 reference "Commemorative Coins of the United States," Anthony Swiatek discussed the discovery of the Lafayette dollar varieties: "In 1925, George H. Clapp discovered a Lafayette dollar which differed from the piece described by Howland Wood. ... After a discussion with Mr. Clapp, Howland Wood examined several hundred Lafayette dollars. ... He concluded that three obverse and four reverse dies exist." Frank DuVall, Life Member #1 of the Society for U.S. Commemorative Coins, discovered an additional variety, and published his find in the Fall 1988 issue of [I]The Commemorative Trail. [/I][/COLOR] [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=444&Lot_No=2090[/URL] For purposes of Lafayette Dollar die variety discussions all varieties will be called DuVall varieties. As stated earlier in this thread there are 5 different known die varieties: [COLOR=Blue][B]1A, 1B, 2C, 3D, & 4E.[/B][/COLOR] In the following posts I will list the diagnostics of each die and provide photos of the diagnostics. We will start with the obverse dies first.[/QUOTE]
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