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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rick Stachowski, post: 2405349, member: 42872&quot;]Here&#039;s some info and it&#039;s for the OP coin too:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; All die&#039;s are polished before use.</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;Each stage represented below, have varying degrees of <u>Die State</u>. Early. Mid. Late. Very Late die states. As copies come in we will be adding information (die states) for each DDO/DDR sent in. This is a long term project and will take some time to complete. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Obverse stage AA: Close WE ( W &amp; E touch ) the die is polished and can be lightly abraded at this stage.. ( Space between the W and E of WE touch or very close too touching one another, a residue bridge may be seen between the WE due to polishing at this stage.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse stage A: Close WE.. Die is abraded and polished at this stage, ( Space between the W &amp; E of WE are close too each other but do not touch, also the edges of the WE are well defined )</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO158rev160x034xWE%20450x337.jpg?timestamp=1328304373132" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse stage B: Semi close WE ( Space seen between the W &amp; E of WE ) dies may have been polished multiple times at this stage, abraded at least once, the edges of W &amp; E are not defined very well from polishings, general note, because of die abrasion and polishings many letters are not crisp and have loss of detail.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO159rev161xWE%20450x337.jpg?timestamp=1328305240702" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse stage C: Open WE ( The W &amp; E of WE now have a wider space between them ) the letters W &amp; E of WE can be weak at the tops of both letters due to abrading and polishings. some letters show weakness towards the center ( head ) on occasion the weakness is seen towards the rim ( Tops of letters )</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO159rev161xWE5%20450x337.jpg?timestamp=1328308424767" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse stage D: Open W E.. at this stage the die has been polished &amp; abraded more then the above stages, the space between the W &amp; E is wide now and the WE can be lightly deformed at this stage.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO159rev161xWE3%20450x337.jpg?timestamp=1328306565601" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse strike E: Only ( Wide open W&nbsp; E in We, the letters can be well deformed and far apart from each other due to die abrasion and polishing ) some doubled die&#039;s can not be attributed at this stage. </b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO-148rev131x006xWE%20450x337.jpg?timestamp=1328304321898" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse stage F: Same description as above with the space between the W&nbsp; E even wider apart from each other then LDS, well deformed due to die abrasion and polishing s, many smaller doubled die&#039;s at this stage are unidentifiable, only stronger doubled die&#039;s are recognizable at this stage. </b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO-127rev107x024xWEb%20Medium%20Web%20view.jpg?timestamp=1329488513368" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b> ____________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b> Obverse stage G: Information is same as above, space between the W&nbsp; E position is wider apart then stage F.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b><img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/IDDDO81REVIDDDR66Bx003xWE%20%28640x480%29.jpg?timestamp=1353007823870" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Above die in stage G is IDDDO-81.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>_______________________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; Obverse stage G: 1972 S Proof has same distance between the W&nbsp; E as the above 1971 S proof.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>&nbsp; <img src="http://www.ikedollardoubleddie.com/resources/Stage%20H.jpg?timestamp=1441642902428" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b> <b>&nbsp; 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