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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 8199683, member: 21705&quot;]The reverse looks like a simple double strike to me. a slight flattening of the original design could account for a small variation in size.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought on the Obverse Stars would be a Half Eagle (25mm) or Eagle (33mm) Die as a source since they were contemporaneous (1796) with the Cent (29mm).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying this is the solution to the quest, just another possibility to consider.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quarters, Halves and Dollars also used stars on the obverses in 1796 and it is only a year removed from known use of TAL Tokens as stock in 1795 (NC-2), a S-78 I think is a TAL Token Stock planchet and cut down for use as Half Cent stock planchets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now an introduction of 19th century counterfeiting using worn out planchets leaves many avenues to pursue in this quest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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