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Die Stage Chart

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Comments: S/S East.
Stage A Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Chips in Upper Left Wheat Grains Die Chips on T of CENT Die Crack in Lower Right Wheat Grains
Stage B Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Crack on Forehead Die Crack above Eye No Die Chips in Left Wheat
Stage C Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Cracks in Hair Die Cracks on Forehead Die Break on T of CENT
 
Die Chip in Left Wheat Lines   Die Crack in Right Wheat Grains
Stage D Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Cracks in Hair Die Cracks on Forehead Die Chip in Upper 5 of Date
Die Crack Left Wheat to Rim Die Break on T of CENT Die Crack Right Wheat to Rim
Stage E Photos
Date and Mintmark Mintmark Positioning Magnified RPM
Die Cracks in Hair Die Cracks on Forehead Die Chip in Upper 5 of Date
 
No Die Crack from Left Wheat Lines No Die Chip on T of CENT  
Die Stage and Markers Chart
Die Stages and Markers
UVC-3490 DMR-040 Stage A: Obverse is EDS
Die chips in upper Left wheat grains – LDS
Die chips on T of CENT
Die crack in lower Right wheat grains
UVC-487 DMR-012 Stage B: Light die crack on forehead – MDS
Light die crack on forehead over eye
Reverse die changed – EMDS
Stage C: Die crack in hair – LDS
Small die chip in Left wheat lines – LDS
Light die crack in Right wheat grains
Die chips on T of CENT
Stage D: Die chip in 1/4 of upper 5 of date – VLDS
Die crack from upper Left wheat lines to rim – VLDS
Die crack from lower Right wheat grains to rim
UVC-3491 DMR-041 Stage E: Obverse is VLDS
Reverse die changed
– EMDS

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