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1833 LM-3 re-marriages

LM-3.1  LM-3.2  LM-3.3  LM-3.4  LM-3.5
The key pick up point of the LM-3.1 is the die break from the M in the scroll to the back of the eagle's neck.

1833 LM-3.1

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1833 LM-3.2

The easiest pick up points on the 1833 LM-3.2 are the top loops of S-1 and S-2.  S-2 is filled and S-1 starts to fill.  A die crack, faint at times, from E-1 through the scroll, through the eagle's eye and to the N in the scroll.
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1833 LM-3.3

The 1833 LM-3.3 reverse die continues to wear.  The top loop of S-1 has filled, a die chip forms between the right upright and diagonal of N and a faint die crack develops from the left wing tip to the rim.
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1833 LM-3.4

On the 1833 LM-3.4 the reverse die has continued to wear.  Die cracks develop from the rim to the top of M-1 and also from the rim to F-1.  Die cracks begin to form at the bases of UNIT, ES and MERIC, these may be faint in places and difficult to see.
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1833 LM-3.5

The 1833 LM-3.5 reverse die has now reached it's terminal state as a large cud develops over NIT and part of E.  This re-marriage has a rarity rating of R-7 indicating that the reverse die failed rather quickly.
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