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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2558928, member: 59677&quot;]See this: <a href="http://www.doubleddie.com/58201.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.doubleddie.com/58201.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.doubleddie.com/58201.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, when work is done by hand, it&#039;s often possible to identify the specific dies used by comparing characteristics. The more hand work, the more easily identifiable. This is especially true when things like mint marks were hand punched and so not always in exactly the same place. Further, wear characteristics, repolishing, die cracks, etc. make it possible to trace a die through it&#039;s life span.</p><p><br /></p><p>The combination of an obverse and reverse die is a marriage.</p><p><br /></p><p>With enough examples it may be possible to identify the actual 1st marriage used chronologically for a given year, for example in the referenced Morgan, it&#039;s the one that used the prior year&#039;s reverse die (before that die failed). But there&#039;s always a bit of guessing unless mint records can be found which have specific information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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