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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2525539, member: 299&quot;]That&#039;s a provable falsehood.&nbsp; Exactly matching reverse die cracks could be used to prove the *possibility&quot; of a particular DDO, but could never prove it&#039;s existence without examining the obverse.&nbsp; A given reverse die can be paired with multiple obverse dies (and vice versa).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you need an example to be convinced that you cannot reliably determine a shield nickel obverse variety from the reverse alone:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/Photos/deceptiveCrackReverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse is paired with both an 1883/2 variety and a non-variety 1883.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/Photos/deceptiveCrackObverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.shieldnickels.net/1883_2/Photos/fs133_obverse.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you meant the &quot;provable fact&quot; is that you had the pleasure of examining two file cabinets.&nbsp; I would not dispute that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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