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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1405178, member: 66"]No the strawberries are genuine mint products. They have been punch linked to other varieties and the edge dies used are also identical to those used on other wreath cents. Oddly stylistically they seem to fit better between S-4 and S-5, but I believe the edge die was not used until S-8 or S-9. I'd have to review the information.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK I double checked the information. By obv style the Strawberries should come between S-4 the last of the Chain cents and the first of the wreath cents. The edge dies were the same as those used on S-5,6,7, 10, and 11. So that would fit with the strawberries coming before S-5. S-8 and S-9 however have the same edge dies as the chain cents. That would mean they came before the Strawberries. To add to the confusion the reverse style of the strawberries is closer to that of S-8,9, 10 and 11. Frankly trying to figure out the emission sequence of the 1793 wreaths makes no sense unless there was more than one press in operation at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1405178, member: 66"]No the strawberries are genuine mint products. They have been punch linked to other varieties and the edge dies used are also identical to those used on other wreath cents. Oddly stylistically they seem to fit better between S-4 and S-5, but I believe the edge die was not used until S-8 or S-9. I'd have to review the information. OK I double checked the information. By obv style the Strawberries should come between S-4 the last of the Chain cents and the first of the wreath cents. The edge dies were the same as those used on S-5,6,7, 10, and 11. So that would fit with the strawberries coming before S-5. S-8 and S-9 however have the same edge dies as the chain cents. That would mean they came before the Strawberries. To add to the confusion the reverse style of the strawberries is closer to that of S-8,9, 10 and 11. Frankly trying to figure out the emission sequence of the 1793 wreaths makes no sense unless there was more than one press in operation at the same time.[/QUOTE]
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