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 RussellhomeVeteran Member
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Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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 Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:29 pm |
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Not a big one, but finds in the Satin Finish cents have been fruitless so far. This one has a minor bar on column 7 (which is why I noticed it) -- but then I saw an extra set of knees to the north. This is the best I could do with my digital camera -- but you should be able to see what I'm talking about...
2005 P 1c SMS DDR
Again - this is a Satin Finish/Mint Set Only cent. I've searched a bunch of them and this is the only find I've made.
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 coopExpert Member
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:54 pm |
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I figured once that the mint could have made over 43,000 different dies for just the obverse from one mint if they made 100,000 per coin for just one year. So the chance for finding a certain die is pretty slim. But will keep looking as long as they are still there for the cherry picking. I always check BU coins from shows as they may have something there and it doesn't cost anything to look except time. So I keep testing these eyes to spot a nice variety or two each show.
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wavysteps2003Expert Member
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That is some interesting figures Coop and even when you slew the figure to 1,000,000 coins per die, it means that the Mint must make 1 die per hour for every hour in the year and that is for just the cent alone at just one Mint. Maybe now we can see why doubled dies, even when caught by the mint's inspectors, are being used. Just how many "single" squeeze presses the Mints have is unknown, but still, I can imagine that it is a very busy place.
WAVYSTEPS2003 aka BJ Neff
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