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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2352260, member: 59677&quot;]I don&#039;t think so -</p><p><br /></p><p>First, that clash is known on many different 3cs.</p><p>Second, the 8 of the 1861 proof RPD-001 is significantly to the left, such that it looks like a pregnant lady.</p><p>Third, that&#039;s counter the usual flow where a proof die continues in use to strike business strikes of the same year. What you are suggesting would require polishing out the 0 of a business strike die and then punching in a 1 and then polishing the die up to proof standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying it couldn&#039;t have happened, ghu knows the mint did some strange things back then, but it doesn&#039;t seem plausible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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