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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hommer, post: 2100200, member: 73266&quot;]1922 no d was struck with 3 die pairs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Die Pair #1</p><p>Obverse</p><p>Weak left-hand portion of LIBERTY</p><p>The word WE has virtually disappeared.</p><p>The T in TRUST is fairly strong, but the rest of the word is weak.</p><p>The last digit in the date, the 2, appears weaker than first 2.</p><p>Reverse</p><p>The lines in the wheat ears, both left and right, appear blended together.</p><p>There is a die crack coming out of the letter L in PLURIBUS, through the upper left portion of the O in ONE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die pair #2</p><p>The word LIBERTY is much stronger than on Die Pair # 1, and the entire motto,&nbsp; IN GOD WE TRUST, is visible, with the word TRUST much stronger.</p><p>Date area is much stronger,&nbsp; and the last digit in the date is stronger than the first three.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse</p><p>&nbsp; Wheat ears are strong as is the entire reverse.</p><p>There is no die crack</p><p>If it is VG or above, lines in the wheat ears are defined.</p><p>The die pair 2 is made up of a worn obverse die and a new reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Die pair #3</p><p>The second 2 in the date is weaker than the first 2</p><p>Trust is sharper than IN GOD WE</p><p>The lower left portion of the O in One is flat across the bottom as if it were sitting on a wall.</p><p>There is great loss of detail in the lines of the wheat ears.</p><p>The reverse is rotated slightly to the 11o&#039;clock position.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref. Detecting Counterfeit Coins by J.P.Martin</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit to add. It appears by all indications to be die pair 2 except for the LIBERTY not being readable and weakness in the lines of the wheat ears to the east on the reverse.&nbsp; If it is graded VG or above both should be there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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