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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 8183814, member: 66"]For those who don't know, the wreath is supposed to be roughly symmetrical. But on the punch made for the shield/wreath they erred and the second upper leaf cluster on the right had only three leaves instead of four like the second cluster on the left. So until a new punch was made in I believe 1870, every die in 1866, 67, 68, and 69 had that fourth leaf cut into the die by hand. Every now and then they would forget and a die would be put into use that didn't have the fourth leaf cut into it. Considering the number of dies they had to make for this series the number of dies missing the leaf is surprisingly small and the missing leaf coins are often in demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 8183814, member: 66"]For those who don't know, the wreath is supposed to be roughly symmetrical. But on the punch made for the shield/wreath they erred and the second upper leaf cluster on the right had only three leaves instead of four like the second cluster on the left. So until a new punch was made in I believe 1870, every die in 1866, 67, 68, and 69 had that fourth leaf cut into the die by hand. Every now and then they would forget and a die would be put into use that didn't have the fourth leaf cut into it. Considering the number of dies they had to make for this series the number of dies missing the leaf is surprisingly small and the missing leaf coins are often in demand.[/QUOTE]
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