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Die Stage Chart

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Comments: S/S Northwest.
Stage A Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
No Die Clash behind Neck No Die Clash at Throat
Stage B Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Clash Behind Neck Die Clash at Throat  
Stage C Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Weak to Missing Die Clash Behind Neck No Die Crack on Forehead No Die Chip in Upper Left Wheat
Stage D Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Crack on Forehead No Die Chip in Upper Left Wheat Die Clash at Throat Worn Away
Stage E Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Crack on Forehead Die Crack from Left Wheat Lines to Rim No Die Clash at Throat
Stage F Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Crack from 9 to Mintmark Die Cracks in Hair Die Crack on Forehead
Die Break in upper Left Wheat
Die Stage and Markers Chart
Die Stages and Markers
UVC-434 DMR-003 Stage A: Obverse and Reverse are EDS
Stage B: Die clash at throat and behind neck – EDS
Reverse is EDS
Stage C: Die clash has worn away – EMDS
Reverse is EMDS
UVC-3386 DMR-030 Stage D: Die crack on forehead – LMDS
Reverse die changed – LMDS
Stage E: Obverse is LDS
Die crack from left wheat lines to rim – LDS
UVC-3387 DMR-031 Stage F: Strong die crack on forehead – VLDS
Medium die crack in hair
Light die crack on 9 of date to lower mintmark
Reverse die changed – VLDS
Medium die break in upper left wheat grains

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