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<p>[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 2712604, member: 86853"]It's a bit of a chicken and egg question as to whether the Mint began with a hub or a master die in 1793. So few 1793 cent hand half cent dies were created that it may not have been worthwhile to create a master die and then try to make hubs from that. The engraver may just have created a hub like a cameo. We just can't be sure. The quality of the die steel was poor. However, Robert Scot wrote in 1795 that his procedure was to engrave a master die and make hubs from that. So, there is no question that hubs and master dies were in use WAY before 1836. </p><p><br /></p><p>With respect to the overlays in the original post, my experience is that overlays of photos that were not taken at the same time with the same lighting can be hard to align, but that isn't evidence the dies were not created from hubs/master dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 2712604, member: 86853"]It's a bit of a chicken and egg question as to whether the Mint began with a hub or a master die in 1793. So few 1793 cent hand half cent dies were created that it may not have been worthwhile to create a master die and then try to make hubs from that. The engraver may just have created a hub like a cameo. We just can't be sure. The quality of the die steel was poor. However, Robert Scot wrote in 1795 that his procedure was to engrave a master die and make hubs from that. So, there is no question that hubs and master dies were in use WAY before 1836. With respect to the overlays in the original post, my experience is that overlays of photos that were not taken at the same time with the same lighting can be hard to align, but that isn't evidence the dies were not created from hubs/master dies.[/QUOTE]
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