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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2700623, member: 1892&quot;]I am struck by the lackadaisical quality control of the mints producing LC&#039;s, at least until Ottawa took over in 1908. Doubling abounds, as do broken features on dies. Die lives were miniscule by comparison to American standards of the time, and we were striking the harder cupronickel alloy compared to their bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>Haxby observes 103 obverse dies and 214 reverse dies for 1859, to mint what was described as a &quot;huge number for the time&quot; of 9.6 million, the same year the US minted <b>36.4 million</b> IHC&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is, admittedly, fascinating to see such an abundance of features I&#039;m used to identifying as uncommon variations in the design accepted as the status quo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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