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Message:: [QUOTE="kanga, post: 2680210, member: 9270"]NEW RULE: Read the book completely. One thing nice about my camera is that it picks up features on a coin that I can't see with my eye -- or even 3x magnification.This is the reverse of my 1831 Capped Bust Quarter, B-1.The image's size is what I use for posting purposes.It's reduced to 35% from my original image. <img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/25-1831-r-35.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> I noticed that line between the leaves and the wing at about the 7-8 position.I hadn't noticed it previously.The thought, "Oh, rats, a scratch" flash through my mind.I grabbed my Tompkins's guide and lo and behold it's the product of a die break.The guide says it and several other features indicate that it's a Die Stage 3.With my 10x loupe I can follow the whole die crack on the coin from the "2" clockwise up to the second "S" in STATES.And the guide pointed me to another die crack starting at the "5" and going counterclockwise to the last "A" in AMERICA. To see more of the die cracks look at my original image.WARNING: This is a LARGE picture if it expands. <img src="http://www.dcderoo.com/25-1831-r-100.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> And something else I picked up from the book.Look at the lowest horizontal line in the shield and between the first and second vertical set of lines.It looks like there's a die chip there -- but no!It's the centering dot for the reverse die.I'll have to look elsewhere for more info about centering dots.[/QUOTE]

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