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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 358129, member: 6036&quot;]Thanks, bro !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I guess my puzzlement is about the process in general, not this variety in particular.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would think anything on the master die would be identical for all working dies made from that master. How, then, do details of the bust vary ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One explanation is the master wears just like working dies do, and produces variance in working dies.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another is that people might make changes to the master for whatever reason - artistic preference, maintenance, mischief ... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But both those explanations would produce a long series of die varieties with identical bust characteristics, just like a brand new master. Overton proves that&#039;s not the case with these 1834&#039;s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So it has to be something about the <b>individual working die</b>. Maybe there was a burr or something, and they filed on it. Dunno. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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