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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 592401, member: 5233"]My understanding is the New Orleans mint used less pressure when striking the coins. I read that somewhere...but it may not be true.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing though...there are several years where O minted coins normally have a full strike. The O mint gets a bad reputation because it does have some bad years (1892-O is probably the worst). However, some years (1879-O, 1880-O, 1881-O just to name a few) are typically strongly struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 592401, member: 5233"]My understanding is the New Orleans mint used less pressure when striking the coins. I read that somewhere...but it may not be true. One thing though...there are several years where O minted coins normally have a full strike. The O mint gets a bad reputation because it does have some bad years (1892-O is probably the worst). However, some years (1879-O, 1880-O, 1881-O just to name a few) are typically strongly struck.[/QUOTE]
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