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Mike...Whatever you want to believe, it's up to you, and I certainly won't stand in your way. After all, you have the coin, and we are basing our opinions on the pics you have provided. People are merely giving you opinions, or other points you may or may not have thought of. If you think the mint would use a deteriorated die to replace a deteriorated die, then so be it, but that is not standard operating procedure. That being said, I can not be absolutely sure they didn't either.
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Bob Piazza
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Why couldnt it just be a later die state of the one listed? It would just be a later stage of the same die then, right? Not a new oneComment
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Well guys this is the update from when I last posted this thread and sent it out to John Wexler..This is what he wrote...
Your observations are good. It is indeed a specimen of the working die that I have listed as 1988 1c WTRD-004. The markers on the reverse are a perfect match. When I first looked at the obverse I thought that perhaps it might be a new stage where the reverse was paired with a different obverse die. However, closer study showed that it still has the parallel die scratches that run from the beard. Apparently this is a later stage of the obverse die where the obverse was heavily abraded for some reason. Why the obverse was abraded and not the reverse is puzzling, but it apparently did happen.
Your coin is now in my files as 1988 1c WTRD-004B which is a new stage listing for this working die.
The updates on this variety should appear on my website before the end of the day. Your coin will go out in the mail today.
Good luck with all of your continued collecting efforts.
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I missed this thread.
With all that said and confirmed...Congrats on the new stage listing Mikee!
Wendell...you did good!
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