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Something I've never understood about the 70 S small date. Since all the dies were made at the Philadelphia mint wy did oly San Francisco get the small date dies? Since Philadelphia and Denver made so many more cents your would think that the first dies would gone to them.
That's an excellent question. Many experts can easily describe the difference between the 2 varieties, but none of them can explain why there are two different hubs. Perhaps the answer is related to existence of small date proofs. A proof hub could have been used to create a business strike working die. I don't really know. Maybe it's aliens.