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Variety shares the same characteristics of other die pairs, with the obverse suffering little or no degradation while the reverse becomes severely cracked.
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Variety shares the same characteristics of other die pairs, with the obverse suffering little or no degradation while the reverse becomes severely cracked.
Observed with date placement at RE and a broken ES of STATES.
Reverse is rotated 6 degrees clockwise. The following die states are observed:
1: Radial die crack from the denticles at 10:00 into the field and just touching the O of ONE. The start of a die crack from the bottom left side of the shield into the wreath.
2: Light die crack from the denticles at 10:45 into the wreath where it intersects the now prominent die crack from the shield. Moderately heavy die crack from the denticles at 8:15 into the wreath. Die crack from the denticles at 5:00 into the ribbon end and touching the right side of the ribbon bow. Die crack at the denticles at 4:00 into the middle arrowhead and from the middle arrowhead upward through the wreath.
3: The die crack from 10:45 now loops around and connects with the radial die crack from 10:00. The die crack from the middle arrowhead has now continued upward through the wreath and tangent to the the top right side of shield and exits at 12:00. Die crack from the denticles at 3:45 enters the wreath and intersects the aforementioned crack at 9:00 within the wreath.
4: There is now a die break within the wreath connecting the die cracks at 10:00 with the die crack at 10:45. Die cracks from the denticles to the wreath at 1:30, 2:30 and 9:15. The section of the die crack right ribbon bow to wreath has become a die break.
1863 FND N/A
Poliquin:1863 P27
Snow:1863 Snow N/A
Breen:Breen N/A
Marvin and Margolis:MM N/A