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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3637741, member: 101855&quot;]It is amazing that collectors will pay this much for an old U.S. bag, yet want no part of a 19th century U.S. mint medal that has a mintage of 200 or less with a lot of history surrounding it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the mint dies, yes, I&#039;d like to have some them. Aside from the 1968-S Proof set dies that were sold, the pickings a limited. Most of these die faces are totally obliterated with no details showing. I don’t have any use for those, but the dies with details on them are quite collectable. I could easily see where an uncanceled Morgan Dollar die could be worth $11,000. I paid close to half that for one of the three or four dies that survive that were used to strike a Civil War token.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago a collector showed me an uncanceled obverse die that was used to strike an 1807 Bust Half Dollar. It was really neat. It had a crack that run all the way down from the die face and into the base. It showed how extensive a die crack could be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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