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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 7675224, member: 13650&quot;]Wow this is an old thread.&nbsp; Glad it got bumped though.&nbsp; The Philadelphia mint being the first mint and closest to where all the action was, was the premier mint back then.&nbsp;&nbsp; The branch mints were not equal to it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dies were shipped out (by horse and buggy) from Philadelphia to the branch mints and so they (branch mints) probably just &quot;made do&quot; longer with their dies while Philadelphia had the ability to replace whatever, whenever as needed or desired.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even though silver is a relatively soft metal, you use a die hundreds of thousands of times, eventually it gets worn down.&nbsp; Who knows how many strikes they got out of them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe millions.&nbsp; &nbsp; If only they knew how important first strike designations would be in the future.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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