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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 408805, member: 66&quot;]Actually n 1865 the serif broke off the D on the reverse Master hub and a great many of the reverse dies from 1865 on are missing the serif.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The ring test is valid for a brass or bronze coin when it is being used to detect a cast fake or an electrotype.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before the 1980&#039;s the mint made all of it&#039;s own planchets except for the cent and half cent planchets in the 1797 to mid 1830&#039;s period.&nbsp; And the mint made planchets come with laminations as well.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t a matter of inferior outside contractor products.&nbsp; In fact the reason the mint used outside sources for the cent and half cent planchets was because the private sector could make them better and cheaper than the mint could.&nbsp; Even after paying for labor and shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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