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<p>[QUOTE="ultralight, post: 1478179, member: 27161"]I know it is a little late to reply to this thread, but the thread just seems incomplete. </p><p><br /></p><p>The die that the op is talking about is not a wheat cent die. It is, as stated earlier, a 1993 cent die. The D3 is, as already stated earlier, a 1993 die. I believe Fred Weinberg bought thousands of these from the Denver Mint a while back and has sold many thousands of them. There have not been any other significant releases, besides the 1998 dies which would show a D8, that have this die style, type of cancelation, and serial number. </p><p><br /></p><p>The older 1968 dies, used to strike proof and business strikes, originate from the San Francisco mint. The business strike dies look similar to the dies that the op mentions but have a few differences in the style of the dies and the serial numbers and include a puddled cancelation. The proof dies are much larger. These proof dies look similar to the statehood quarter dies that were released from the mint from 1998 to 2008.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ultralight, post: 1478179, member: 27161"]I know it is a little late to reply to this thread, but the thread just seems incomplete. The die that the op is talking about is not a wheat cent die. It is, as stated earlier, a 1993 cent die. The D3 is, as already stated earlier, a 1993 die. I believe Fred Weinberg bought thousands of these from the Denver Mint a while back and has sold many thousands of them. There have not been any other significant releases, besides the 1998 dies which would show a D8, that have this die style, type of cancelation, and serial number. The older 1968 dies, used to strike proof and business strikes, originate from the San Francisco mint. The business strike dies look similar to the dies that the op mentions but have a few differences in the style of the dies and the serial numbers and include a puddled cancelation. The proof dies are much larger. These proof dies look similar to the statehood quarter dies that were released from the mint from 1998 to 2008.[/QUOTE]
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