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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3780300, member: 66"]It is very possible for there to be just one die, and it doesn't have to be from a different year. It would come about the same way the 98, 99, and 2000 WAM's came from. A die hubbed from the proof design hub was accidently used to make business strikes instead of being sent to San Francisco, polished and used for proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to why so far there has only been one seen (but not independently confirmed) is another matter. If it exists, possibly the die failed very early (yes it does happen) and very few pieces were made, or there was something else wrong and most of them were condemned and melted. (why are there so few 1969 S DDO's ?)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why did it take 35 years to find the 82 D copper small date? Then once it was found and everyone started looking for them it took over 2 years to find a second one. Now I admit they are a different item because they didn't make large numbers of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3780300, member: 66"]It is very possible for there to be just one die, and it doesn't have to be from a different year. It would come about the same way the 98, 99, and 2000 WAM's came from. A die hubbed from the proof design hub was accidently used to make business strikes instead of being sent to San Francisco, polished and used for proofs. As to why so far there has only been one seen (but not independently confirmed) is another matter. If it exists, possibly the die failed very early (yes it does happen) and very few pieces were made, or there was something else wrong and most of them were condemned and melted. (why are there so few 1969 S DDO's ?) Why did it take 35 years to find the 82 D copper small date? Then once it was found and everyone started looking for them it took over 2 years to find a second one. Now I admit they are a different item because they didn't make large numbers of them.[/QUOTE]
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