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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 2735658, member: 307&quot;]USMC while I am really compelled by what you&#039;re suggesting, the photo that you have posted shows otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at your Wyoming quarter at the bottom of the bust, you&#039;ll see a die crack. This is something not found on first strike coins, in fact it suggests quite the opposite.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am trying to reconcile the surfaces of the fields on your coin and they appear not to be completely flat and lusterous as I would expect from a brand new die, but instead they appear to have a texture almost like an orange peel which is more in line with die fatigue and dies that have seen a rather large amount of use.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your original supposition of shiny fields like a proof is what I would expect from a first strike off of a die, but your photos show surfaces that suggest (at least to me) quite the opposite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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