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1836 LM-1 re-marriages
LM-1.1   LM-1.2

The reverse DD die used for the 1836 LM-1.1 and LM-1.2 continues to degrade. The massive die break of the LM-1.1 starts at the rim and goes diagonally to the top of the scroll at E.  The same crack continues along the top of the scroll intersecting the die crack between D  S and continuing to the B in PLURIBUS, then up diagonally to the left side of E-2 to the rim.  With the LM-1.2 the reverse die has reached it's terminal state and a cud develops from T-1 to D-1 from the rim to the top of the scroll.

1836 LM-1.1

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1836 LM-1.2

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