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Die Stage Chart

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Comments: S/S/S West, West.
Stage A Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
  Die Chip in Right Wheat Grains Die Crack Lower Right Wheat to Rim
Stage B Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Scratch North from D of UNITED No Die Chip in Right Wheat Grains No Die Crack Lower Right Wheat to Rim
Stage C Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
No Die Crack from Lower Right Wheat
Stage D Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Lower Right Wheat
Stage E Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Lower Right Wheat
Die Stage and Markers Chart
Die Stages and Markers
UVC-323 DMR-002 Stage A: Weak secondary mintmark – EDS
Die crack lower Right wheat to rim – MDS
Die chip in lower Right wheat grains
UVC-324 DMR-003 Stage B: Die clash at throat – EMDS
Reverse die changed – EMDS
Strong die scratch from D of UNITED to upper N of CENT
Stage C: Obverse is MDS
New die scratch pattern on Reverse – MDS
Strong die scratch from last T of STATES through last A of AMERICA
Stage D: Medium secondary mintmark – LDS
Reverse is LDS
Stage E: Strong secondary mintmark – VLDS
Reverse is VLDS

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