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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 3298005, member: 1765&quot;]A little too crisp, actually.&nbsp; Dirty little secret about 81-S.&nbsp; They are very well struck, but detail is typically not as sharp other mints.&nbsp; Many dies were used for several hundred thousand strikes, where average die life for the early part of the Morgan series was around 130,000.&nbsp; 81-S dies were also repolished and put back into service.&nbsp; The fields then look prooflike again, but the details are more heavily worn.&nbsp; The worn details give way to a little bit of orange peel texture due to the die wear, which makes for strong cartwheel luster on the devices to go along with the freshly polished fields.&nbsp; Look especially at the date for lack of crisp contrast between the digits and the field, the lower hair strands, and the designer&#039;s initial.&nbsp; Fully struck, very lustrous, but not crisply defined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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