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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4582126, member: 101855"]Off the top of my head, I know that No Stems reverse die was paired for half cents from 1804 (C-13), 1805 (C-1) and 1806 (C-1). All of those varieties are the most common for those three years so that die was one tough customer.</p><p><br /></p><p>The No Stems (stems missing on either side at the bottom of the wreath) was a cutting error. All of the other Draped Bust half cents have them.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many other examples of reverse dies that were used more than one year among the early and 19th century coins. The trick is to be able to spot them as the die making process was refined to make more “cookie cutter” results.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for doubled die question, why would the mint use an error die in the modern era once it has been discovered, unless there was a die shortage? During the process of changing the obverse die for a new year, one would think that both dies would be inspected and that a defect one would be removed from service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4582126, member: 101855"]Off the top of my head, I know that No Stems reverse die was paired for half cents from 1804 (C-13), 1805 (C-1) and 1806 (C-1). All of those varieties are the most common for those three years so that die was one tough customer. The No Stems (stems missing on either side at the bottom of the wreath) was a cutting error. All of the other Draped Bust half cents have them. There are many other examples of reverse dies that were used more than one year among the early and 19th century coins. The trick is to be able to spot them as the die making process was refined to make more “cookie cutter” results. As for doubled die question, why would the mint use an error die in the modern era once it has been discovered, unless there was a die shortage? During the process of changing the obverse die for a new year, one would think that both dies would be inspected and that a defect one would be removed from service.[/QUOTE]
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