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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8047794, member: 19250&quot;]Paddy,</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, the legendary 1855-O V-2b!</p><p>Great find!</p><p>Thanks for sharing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the updated roster of examples I know of:</p><p>1. MS-61 2013-1 Heritage</p><p>2. AU-58 Crain #1924 (plate in the Top 100)</p><p>3. EF-40 2019-3 ebay gfrc-coins</p><p>4. VF-35 Pedersen collection, has a scratch and a couple of dings</p><p>5. VF-30 HalfDimeDude example!&nbsp; * =Paddy54 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>6. F-holed 2018-3 ebay stockmaniac (was still on ebay last time I checked...)</p><p>7. G-det 2018-3 ebay nickels444 huge gouges or punch on both sides</p><p><br /></p><p>In my most recent research, I realized that this cannot be a later die state of the V-2,</p><p>because the V-2 has obverse cracks that are not present on this die pair.</p><p>So I&#039;m calling it V-3 now.</p><p>Not just a cool cud reverse die state, but a rare die pair!</p><p><br /></p><p>The news on Ron was indeed sad.</p><p>I had noticed he had been posting a lot of photos of his favorite Buffalos on the forum.</p><p>He stayed active right until he passed....</p><p><br /></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><br /></p><p>Clint</p><p>***</p><p>Clint </p><p>Took over the half dime research after &quot; Mr. Halfdime &quot; passed a few years back. He is the go to guy&nbsp; on any half dime issues,or finds. Clint can be found over at the Collector Universe message boards.</p><p>He has helped me on several occasions with iding die marriages.&nbsp; Not a bad $45 investment eh? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>On a cleaned rusted die coin.&nbsp; And this is why I pick.....</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iKdxmh19LoLnWCtXyhgM91HZ8lVi64A1/view" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iKdxmh19LoLnWCtXyhgM91HZ8lVi64A1/view" rel="nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iKdxmh19LoLnWCtXyhgM91HZ8lVi64A1/view</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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