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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 4559344, member: 19250&quot;]Just one other item about this 1856 my research shows for the year 1856 31 pairs of dies were used thats 31 Obv. And 31 Rev. To strike 4,880,000 pieces , records can be a bit incorrect as the records were not kept very well.</p><p>I believed it to be a Valentine 3a </p><p>However there&#039;s Breen who talks about a closed knob 6 and slanting 5 </p><p>Doubling seen most on 18 . So he attributes two colsed knobs 6 as 3292, and 3293, but.....there is another said Breen 1856 open 6 thin numerals, the 6 knob is away from the bottom loop of the 6. &lt;3294&gt; </p><p>Acording to Breen only 28 die pairs were used....all closed 6 </p><p>So if this is an open 6 it is also a rarer die marriage most probably struck on the one of the other remaining die pairs 31 -28 = 3 pairs with thinner digits and an open 6.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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