Guess the Attribution 9/7

This is a misattributed eBay posting. Can you tell what the actual attribution should be?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120774061647?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649

 

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Well with it being lettered edge it narrowed it down to 73,74,75,76. The the first line of top of 5 buried in the bust makes it a S-74.

 

Or an S-75 (They share an obverse) but in this case it is the S-74. And he found that out because he added that to the description yesterday.

 

was going to say S-74. didnt realize the edit in his auction till i read conders post.

 

He has it right now. I wonder if the bidding will go any higher now?

 

i see it going up around 125.

 

As the owner of one of about 4 dozen examples, I want S-76a descriptions to be accurate.

Here's a real S-76a:

 

Well I got lucky - because after I read that I stopped going on because of the single leaves. Actually I did not even read all of the S-74 and even then I should have kept going until the plain edge coins. I have made that mistake before.

 

Now this is a coin I'd love to have. It is a thick planchet without the edge lettering. It's sort of a S-76a error. I'd like to get a lettered edge thin edge to go with them to complete the package and there is mention of these by Sheldon who considered them errors and not varieties.

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=360&lotNo=7017

 

Very nice. And the 76b lettered edge on thin planchet does exist. It would be neat to get all four "types" together in one place.

 

That might be a good Large Cent Happening.

I was reading Breen as he describes the best known 'S-76a' which has been called MS70, MS63 and MS61 at various times but is a lettered edge on a thin planchet. I personally think the sub-variety distinction should rest on the planchet thickness and not the Lettering. This would make that coin a S-76b with edge error (Lettering).

Of course, they could always be called S-76c and S-76d.