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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3021418, member: 76194&quot;]Listen, I had the same panic last year over this coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751450[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I found die matches for the obverse with other coins, which made me panic, but some research showed that the dies for this issue were limited. Fortunately a limited amount of dies means that the different dies are well documented by scholarly research, and my dies, font and rear, were among those known for the issue. Die matches are not unheard of, especially for issues that were minted in relatively limited numbers. You should expect to find die matches more frequently for issues with only 50 or 60 pairs of known dies as opposed to more mass produced issues with hundreds of dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once I discovered that bit of info and that the dies for my coin were well researched as being among the genuine issues, I stopped panicking. Not that I should have anyway, as my coin has a pedigree over 50 years old and has seen the hands of some well known and reputable dealers of years past.</p><p><br /></p><p>To further ease your mind, here is another which I&#039;ve found die matches for obverse and reverse. With a short minting period, and relatively small quantities, those of us who own these coins know and expect to find die matches for them. In fact, I&#039;d worry if I had one with unknown dies as that would be a bad sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751460[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So no my friend, so not worry. Finding an obverse or reverse die match is not unheard of, even in more common coins. Remember, each die struck hundreds, if not thousands, of coins before it was so worn out that it was discarded. Most ancient coins in existence today should have a die match in existence here or there. That&#039;s nothing to worry about. As long as there not a perfect match to another coin (which no hand struck authentic coin will be), no need to panic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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