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<p>[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 3193386, member: 8959"]Thank for your comment, beef1020. I checked both Breen and the mega Red Book regarding the quality of the Classic Head planchets. Both these sources mention that planchet blanks used to coin the Classic Heads were imported from the english firm of Boulton & Watt, and that 'later dates' in this series tend to be dark and rough and also porous. The presumed reason is that the supplier used a lubricant, or change in the source of the metal used took place.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Red Book specifically mentions the following dates are often found on dark, rough and porous planchets: 1811 (often dark and porous) , 1812 (often dark and somewhat granular), 1813 (often dark and granular), 1814 (often dark and porous, more so than other dates). </p><p><br /></p><p>So, it would seem that the later dates in this series (specifically 1811-1814) are the ones which tend to be found on dark, granular, and corroded planchets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eduard, post: 3193386, member: 8959"]Thank for your comment, beef1020. I checked both Breen and the mega Red Book regarding the quality of the Classic Head planchets. Both these sources mention that planchet blanks used to coin the Classic Heads were imported from the english firm of Boulton & Watt, and that 'later dates' in this series tend to be dark and rough and also porous. The presumed reason is that the supplier used a lubricant, or change in the source of the metal used took place. The Red Book specifically mentions the following dates are often found on dark, rough and porous planchets: 1811 (often dark and porous) , 1812 (often dark and somewhat granular), 1813 (often dark and granular), 1814 (often dark and porous, more so than other dates). So, it would seem that the later dates in this series (specifically 1811-1814) are the ones which tend to be found on dark, granular, and corroded planchets.[/QUOTE]
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