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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 4600726, member: 78244&quot;]Sometimes dies were not annealed properly, so they failed after only a few strikes. As an example of a 1794 NC-9 large cent. Only 4 are known.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is only one known with a “prime” reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139423[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One with a propagating crack.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139426[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And two with a full bisecting crack, with one significantly wider than the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139425[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139441[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, it failed very early in its use, and the failure happened very quickly, which makes it exceedingly rare today. Flowing hair half dollars are nowhere near as extensively studied and collected as large cents, so it makes much more sense that this obverse die was ignored for all this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for how it can be verified as genuine without a matching die pair, well the edge is distinctive, and the reverse die was known. Couple that with the general style and fabric and the presence of good old-fashioned wear and tear, and you can tell that it is a genuine mint product.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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