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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2113725, member: 66&quot;]There can be several reasons for removing a die from the press.&nbsp; The dies may have clashed and one was removed to polish out the clashmarks and then returned to the press later.&nbsp; in the early years of the mint coins tended to be made in small batches, just what was needed to coin a depositors silver.&nbsp; The dies would then be removed and the press used for something else.&nbsp; The next time that denomination was struck they would get a pair of dies from the storeroom but they might not be the same ones as before.&nbsp; And sometimes a die that was retired, say for a crack, but which could still be used, might be pressed back into service if they had to strike some coins right away and they didn&#039;t have another die available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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