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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 2558916, member: 9270&quot;]Most of the older issues required multiple dies to strike all the coins of a specific date.</p><p>And since most dies were made by cobbling the various features together, particularly the date, different dies are identifiable.</p><p>In general the obverse die had more varieties than the reverse die.</p><p>The reverse of most coins remained the same from year to year so as long as it wasn&#039;t too worn or damaged it was used for several years.</p><p>The obverse die at least had to have its date changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pros who study a series in depth can generally determine the order of use of dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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