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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1265686, member: 6036&quot;]This die marriage is easy to detect, as the reverse die was never used&nbsp; with any other obverse. Here&#039;s the first diagnostic - the upper left leg&nbsp; of U is missing it&#039;s top left serif...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]137485.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is another reverse die with that exact same flaw in &quot;U&quot;; it&#039;s clear the same defective letter punch was used for both dies. One way to distinguish them is by looking at the star underneath TE is STATES... on this die, it points at the right foot of T. In the other die, it points between T and E.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]137484.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And all the coin geeks said &quot;Cool !&quot; while their girlfriends just rolled their eyes...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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