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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 7894682, member: 77413&quot;]I have one from each year except 1916 and 1921. For a few years I have more than one. By no means is it close to a complete set; it isn’t even a full year set.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the one thing they have in common is that I like them all. A lot. I ended up with a few more 1917s than I planned.[ATTACH=full]1362756[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1362757[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1362762[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1362759[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The dies were a bit misaligned for this Type II. It results in a weak strike at the date and the top of the reverse. I think the dies were furthest apart at the 4 o’clock position on the obverse, judging by the lack of border details. On the reverse, the 2 o’clock position shows no details in the stars.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, it applied more pressure at the head, resulting in a probable Full Head for this ungraded example. I wish these Full Head, Full Steps, Full Bell Lines took into account the overall strength of the strike, instead of looking at one feature only. If the die alignment had been off in the other direction, the date would have been stronger and the head weaker. Would that make it any worse or better?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1362760[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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