Thank you, Kevin. That must be right. But, given the slapdash way these imitatives were usually engraved it's a bit unusual to discover two dies so similar which aren't a die match.
Bill R.
Maybe it is a recut die, but it just looks like two different dies to me. On the right
side, the character T at the bottom has a pronounced lean on coin B in relation to the right
leg of character M, while on coin A the T is in line with character M. I don't think the deposits will effect this. The serif on the character M looks different on both coins. This serif looks well struck on coin A, but see how much lower it is in relation to the top arch of the M compared to what you can see of the serif on coin B. The bottom left
leg of the M is different on both coins, and it appears to be rising sharply out of the deposits on coin A, so I doubt the deposits are markedly altering its appearance.