Dual Die Pair Collar SFM innovation 1944S 1c
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This reference comes from NGC, under the general 1944S 1c
We'll see...WHAT? What brought your attention...?
Dual die setups were used for all of the smaller U.S. coins as well from this point on once all of the appropriate presses were converted, and eventually quad die setups. I'm not sure that they had that much effect on coin quality. I suspect that it may just have been the Mint trying to cut costs by overusing its dies a bit.
Each Mint was charged a set fee for each die it received from the Philadelphia Mint's die shop. Roger W. Burdette provided me with a dollar figure for this for my book on the 1922-D cents and I think it was about $25 per die in that era. As production increased during and after WW2 the Mints had to use more and more dies.