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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2954483, member: 19463&quot;]The reason you have trouble finding an <u>exact</u> match is that ancient coin dies were hand cut and not machine duplicated by hubbing.&nbsp; As a result an issue requiring 10,000 dies to produce would produce 10,000 minor variations as seen by &#039;modern&#039; standards but all be the same type as seen to those who know ancients.&nbsp; Some collectors specialize in certain issues and look for certain specific dies or just ones executed more artistically but for general purposes, these small differences are not cataloged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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