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Working Die Life Expectancy?

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Mr. Smith Guesser

Mr. Smith Guesser

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Where can I find information on the life expectancy of working dies? Specially, I'm looking for the average life of Roosevelt dime dies in 1959.

 

I skimmed the Annual report of the Director of the Mint 1958/59 & 1959/60 and the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1960 and ending June 30, 1959, but I can't seem to find anything on it. Am I looking in the wrong place?

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RWB

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That info is in the NARA Philadelphia files for RG 104. It is incomplete, but parts are usable

 

Entry 666. Dies Destroyed, Retained & Number of Pieces Struck 1956-December 31, 1961, Philadelphia Mint.

Lists of Dies (domestic and foreign) destroyed and retained by the Mint in Philadelphia. The lists cover a three month period. The lists specify the quantities of each die, obverse and reverse, and their denominations. Arranged in reverse chronological order.

 

G-12-09-03-1 to G-12-09-03-2 Boxes 125-126

 

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Entry 681 Dies Destroyed, Retained & Number of Pieces Struck 1956-December 31, 1961 Denver Mint.

 

Lists of Dies destroyed and retained by the Denver Mint sent to Philadelphia. The lists cover a three month period. Each list states the number of dies used, average pieces struck by dies and total number of pieces stamped. Arranged in reverse chronological order.

 

G-12-09-05-1 Box 136

 

 

 

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