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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 469379, member: 66"]Noy really they were created at the same time, left the press at the same time, and since they didn't get caught they wound up in the same bag or group of bags and were probably found by a worker at Brinks or one of the other coin rolling services. until recently it was common practice for these employees to simply replace the coins and keep th errors and then sell them to a dealer. The dealer then probably matched up the two from a group lot that he purchased.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, does the saddle strike show evidence of one of the two strikes having a rotated reverse? Typically in a multiple die press the dies when mounted should have the two dies 180 degrees off from each other. Since they are offset on this piece I was wondering if they also showed a rotated die error as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 469379, member: 66"]Noy really they were created at the same time, left the press at the same time, and since they didn't get caught they wound up in the same bag or group of bags and were probably found by a worker at Brinks or one of the other coin rolling services. until recently it was common practice for these employees to simply replace the coins and keep th errors and then sell them to a dealer. The dealer then probably matched up the two from a group lot that he purchased. By the way, does the saddle strike show evidence of one of the two strikes having a rotated reverse? Typically in a multiple die press the dies when mounted should have the two dies 180 degrees off from each other. Since they are offset on this piece I was wondering if they also showed a rotated die error as well.[/QUOTE]
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