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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2253078, member: 19463&quot;]There is a special class of &#039;error&#039; I am still seeking.&nbsp; It was recently identified by Curtis Clay and I agree with his take on the matter.&nbsp; My coin below may or may not be one (I suspect not) but either way, I want and obvious one.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446015[/ATTACH] </p><p>The coin is struck once on the obverse but twice on the reverse.&nbsp; The &#039;good&#039; ones show two distinctly different reverse dies.&nbsp; Mine hase one strike 180 degrees inverted from the other but the two dies were either the same or close to identical.&nbsp; I want one that shows the second strike from a different reverse type but no sign of doubling on the obverse.&nbsp; The theory is that the striking team consisted of two die placers sharing one obverse die.&nbsp; Reverse dies did not last as long as obverses and got hotter in use because they were smaller and being hit by the hammer.&nbsp; Alternating reverses would make more efficient use of the expensive to make portrait dies.&nbsp; If, however, a coin was struck but not removed from the lower die it could be struck again using the other reverse die producing a single/double combination.&nbsp; Why did mine get struck rotating the same die?&nbsp; Are both the .ANTS mintmarks from the same die or just from very similar ones?&nbsp; I want a coin that certainly shows two reverses and one obverse die used together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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