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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 8507260, member: 19250&quot;]Dave it isn&#039;t 9 of the 13 stars that are recut ....it&#039;s &quot;9 obverse dies &quot; whom stars were recut. So it could be</p><p>for example stars 1 and 3 or stars 7 and 9 that were recut.</p><p>The early mint records are hit or miss..some years the information is spot on... others no data or guessed the amount of used dies or proof struck.&nbsp; Then there are years where unsold proofs specimens&nbsp; were melted back down...as well other years ...were only a small number of proofs were struck then the proof die was used to strike mint state coins.</p><p>I have seen this first hand... where is it a proof strike or is it a&nbsp; proof die was used to strike mint state coins? </p><p>These can be fun to try and ID as unless the die was reworked polished, etc....where artifacts die markers etc.. can sort out a real proof strike or a ms strike using a retired proof die.</p><p>Since there were 9 obverse dies used in minting the 38 h 10&nbsp; theres 9 ddo&#039;s. As you can see the recut stars arms.</p><p>I highly recommend that those interested in half dimes or us silver 3 cent pcs. Buy Kevin Flynn&#039;s books on hald dimes or the 3 cent silvers . Im sure these are still available though out of print. </p><p>You may ask Frank aka Treasure hunt as he always seems to have some old references for sale.</p><p>Now the reasons why I give so much attention to these 2 books.... other than Kevin....has researched and written any texts on these two series.&nbsp; Now true there&#039;s some good books on both series, unfortunately out of print, hard to find, as well costly.</p><p>His two books That I just posted...are the newest data available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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