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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 26031936, member: 59677&quot;]With the FEC, the 88-12 Copper-Nickel alloy was much harder than anything the mint had struck before.&nbsp; And the relatively large breast of the bird area required a lot of metal flow to strike up.</p><p><br /></p><p>The IHC in 1859 were a little better - lower relief on the bust. Still, the mint essentially gave up and switched to the Bronze composition in 1864.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see similar teething pain/difficulties in the 75-25 Shield Nickels when they started up in 1865 (the few without die cracks are more the exception than the rule).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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