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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2733536, member: 1765&quot;]The difference between the two Hawaii quarters lies in the age of the die.&nbsp; Fresh dies of current coinage tend to have a rather reflective, proof-like field.&nbsp; This was not due to any surreptitious die preparation, rather it&#039;s the way they&#039;re all made.&nbsp; The earliest strikes from these dies have the same reflective fields.&nbsp; As a die is used, it wears from metal flow, and the reflective field gives way to a more satiny field.&nbsp; This is why coins fresh from the mint can have the both appearances.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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