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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24784233, member: 105571&quot;]Here&#039;s a 1832 half dime up in an eBay auction.&nbsp; It&#039;s the R-3 LM-8.4 die remarriage, only moderately scarce.&nbsp; What intrigues me about this coin is the blobby nature of Stars 1 and 2.&nbsp; The outline of the stars is there but there is no interior detail.&nbsp; Nothing else about the coin suggests any reason for this:&nbsp; no soft strike;&nbsp; no die bulging in this area on obverse or reverse although there is a die bulge on the reverse banner.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t seen these filled stars on any other LM-8.4 examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only surmise that the die had some grease leftover in the stars&#039; recesses that prevented metal flow into the deeper recesses of the star.&nbsp; Yet, I don&#039;t find this explanation especially satisfying.&nbsp; I noted that Stars 10 and 12 are a little weak so if grease is a likely explanation, then there could have been a little left in these devices as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone care to take a stab at it?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1585725[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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