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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1229258, member: 6036&quot;]There&#039;s another reason why Marshall&#039;s original post is so important.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeiters don&#039;t pay much attention to die marriages. Typically, they make <b>several obverse transfer dies for several dates</b>, but they foolishly think they need <b>make only one die for the reverse</b> - since it doesn&#039;t have a date, they think they need not bother making more than one.</p><p><br /></p><p>That single reverse die is paired with obverse dies in a marriage which never actually happened at the US Mint, thus creating a counterfeit fantasy piece which never actually existed.</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve seen this in early US silver coins. I&#039;ve not personally seen it in early US copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this reason (and others mentioned above), a proposed new die marriage would receive a great deal of scrutiny from the best of the best. That&#039;s always been true, but more so now than ever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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