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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4600802, member: 78244"]There are 31 known 1795 Half Dollar die pairs. They are mostly sorted based on the bottom two stars. Look at how the top point of the left one intersects the hair curl, and the right star points into the bust tip. Only two obverse dies share this characteristic. Looking at how the B is positioned next to the dentils, it is clear it isn’t either of these two dies. Same with the 7 and T.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse was similarly easy. The C of AMERICA is recut. This die was used on four other die pairs, the latest of which was the O-122. Note the die crack in this area. There appears to be an additional crack over the M in AMERICA, which means it was used after the O-122 paired with the O-133 obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4600802, member: 78244"]There are 31 known 1795 Half Dollar die pairs. They are mostly sorted based on the bottom two stars. Look at how the top point of the left one intersects the hair curl, and the right star points into the bust tip. Only two obverse dies share this characteristic. Looking at how the B is positioned next to the dentils, it is clear it isn’t either of these two dies. Same with the 7 and T. [ATTACH=full]1139462[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139463[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139464[/ATTACH] The reverse was similarly easy. The C of AMERICA is recut. This die was used on four other die pairs, the latest of which was the O-122. Note the die crack in this area. There appears to be an additional crack over the M in AMERICA, which means it was used after the O-122 paired with the O-133 obverse. [ATTACH=full]1139466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139467[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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