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<p>[QUOTE="thomas mozzillo, post: 4581814, member: 75914"]Who knows why the US Mint does anything. My theory is that working Dies (both obverse and reverse) are used for a certain amount of time (number of strikes) and when they become worn are supposed to be replaced with a new working die. With millions of coins for each denomination, many dies are used throughout the year. Obviously, the obverse dies have to be changed at the beginning of the year. The reverse die only has to be replaced when it's outlived it's usefulness. The best example I can give to answer your question is that if a reverse die is installed on Dec. 31st and only a few hundred coins are struck before Jan 1st, there'd be no reason to replace a good die so they could still use it to strike coins with a new date on the obverse. If the reverse die was a doubled die, and nobody noticed it, we would have a doubled die coin for two dates. (Old year & New year) Since we have never seen the same doubled die with 2 different years, it stands to reason that all doubled die coins were struck before the end of the year. Peace <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thomas mozzillo, post: 4581814, member: 75914"]Who knows why the US Mint does anything. My theory is that working Dies (both obverse and reverse) are used for a certain amount of time (number of strikes) and when they become worn are supposed to be replaced with a new working die. With millions of coins for each denomination, many dies are used throughout the year. Obviously, the obverse dies have to be changed at the beginning of the year. The reverse die only has to be replaced when it's outlived it's usefulness. The best example I can give to answer your question is that if a reverse die is installed on Dec. 31st and only a few hundred coins are struck before Jan 1st, there'd be no reason to replace a good die so they could still use it to strike coins with a new date on the obverse. If the reverse die was a doubled die, and nobody noticed it, we would have a doubled die coin for two dates. (Old year & New year) Since we have never seen the same doubled die with 2 different years, it stands to reason that all doubled die coins were struck before the end of the year. Peace :)[/QUOTE]
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