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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 8048307, member: 21705"]I used John Wright's Cent Book for Middle Dates technique of looking where the stars point. Between, nearly between or at dentils. Then the position of the dentil under the 1 relative to the upright. Not a bad first guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing to note, the stars tend to "stretch" toward the edges and design elements as the dies wear. So an early state will look crisper and more distant from other elements than a late state. This may account for the apparent difference in the distance to the hair.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 8048307, member: 21705"]I used John Wright's Cent Book for Middle Dates technique of looking where the stars point. Between, nearly between or at dentils. Then the position of the dentil under the 1 relative to the upright. Not a bad first guess. One thing to note, the stars tend to "stretch" toward the edges and design elements as the dies wear. So an early state will look crisper and more distant from other elements than a late state. This may account for the apparent difference in the distance to the hair.[/QUOTE]
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