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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24792087, member: 105571&quot;]I agree absolutely.&nbsp; All the lettering was added by hand to each working die which is why and how these individual dies can be identified.&nbsp; Additionally, the master die had the eagle but without the azures and pales of the shield.&nbsp; Those were added to the working dies by hand but are generally well-aligned from working die to working die since they had to be engraved within the border of the hubbed-in shield outline.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the obverse, since the effigy of Liberty was hubbed into each working die, it seems to me that a line drawn horizontally across the bottom of the drapery to the bottom of the curl is at least consistent from working die to working die since the date and stars were all added by hand to each working die.&nbsp; Does that result in a pleasing orientation?&nbsp; Subjective, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, that&#039;s my preferred system.&nbsp; But what system is actually used?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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