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<p>[QUOTE="rld14, post: 484390, member: 16133"]Exactly! Yours is beautiful, but the reverse is the key. SLQs were struck with the obverse as the hammer and the reverse as the anvil side of the die so even though the reverse was an easier side to stike than the complex obverse, truly sharp and prooflike strikes of the reverse on these coins are MUCH tougher to find than you might think. The fixation on Liberty's head also causes collectors to tend to ignore the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>For a while people thought that the Reverse was the Hammer side and the Obverse the Anvil side due to so many flat head coins which is why I mentioned it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rld14, post: 484390, member: 16133"]Exactly! Yours is beautiful, but the reverse is the key. SLQs were struck with the obverse as the hammer and the reverse as the anvil side of the die so even though the reverse was an easier side to stike than the complex obverse, truly sharp and prooflike strikes of the reverse on these coins are MUCH tougher to find than you might think. The fixation on Liberty's head also causes collectors to tend to ignore the reverse. For a while people thought that the Reverse was the Hammer side and the Obverse the Anvil side due to so many flat head coins which is why I mentioned it.[/QUOTE]
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