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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4537969, member: 19463"]My set has six using the same obverse die. I was once told of an obverse used with at least a dozen reverses but I do not have that photo or the coins to prove it. My best guess is that some mints secured dies overnight separately so that no one person would have access to both for 'moonlighting'. In the morning, the dies might be reissued to striking teams randomly. However this is just an idea, not a fact. It might also show, for unknown reason, a desire to make coins with many different reverses rather than waiting for a die failure to end production. What no one knows about the operations of ancient mints would fill a massive book that can never be written. There is a big difference between having evidence and theories and having facts. Scholars who confuse the categories are dangerous. </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die03.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4537969, member: 19463"]My set has six using the same obverse die. I was once told of an obverse used with at least a dozen reverses but I do not have that photo or the coins to prove it. My best guess is that some mints secured dies overnight separately so that no one person would have access to both for 'moonlighting'. In the morning, the dies might be reissued to striking teams randomly. However this is just an idea, not a fact. It might also show, for unknown reason, a desire to make coins with many different reverses rather than waiting for a die failure to end production. What no one knows about the operations of ancient mints would fill a massive book that can never be written. There is a big difference between having evidence and theories and having facts. Scholars who confuse the categories are dangerous. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/die03.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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