This is posted on Heritage as a future item which is anticipated after further research. It is a particularly unusual high grade example. The only problem... something seems off to me. Now this is not unusual and many times my initial impression proves faulty. I'm drawn to the JHF seems too far right and a lack of a sharp point of hair between the two longer strands on the first lock left of the date. It's definitely not a Smith Counterfeit. subject http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1175&lotIdNo=11020#Photo comparison http://www.icollector.com/1793-S-6-R3-Wreath-Cent-VF35_i8599032 It seems to have the bulges and cracks of a State V, even with the things I'm questioning. Could a filled die account for the lack of a sharp short point of hair between the two longer points? None of the known MS (in Breen) examples are in states V or VI. Looking at some of the 88 S-6 sales, it appears that most of the State V examples show the same weakness of the shorter lower point of hair on th first lock to the left of the date. They also look closer to the JHF position of the subject coin, though I can't figure out how die wear would affect that.
The only thing I see about it that bugs me is that it DOESN'T have the extensive bulging I would expect to see. Even in die stage II this coin should show a large buldge through the hair and jaw with the area of the neck between the hair and cheek being almost at the same level all the way across. On this coin the neck seems to be down at its normal level. I also don't see the bulge from the hair to the rim at about 9:00 which is there even on the earliest state. The die cracks for Stage V are there, but I don't see the bulge of stage I.
I was going to comment but, I don't know a darn thing about $100,000 coins. But I'm reading with great interest.
This is the S-6 in this weekends Goldberg Pre-Long Beach Sale It is also a Stage V and notice how from the cheek across to the hair is is all at the same level from the die swelling. And there is a clear buldge from the hair to 9:30.
You're right. It has the cracks, but not the bulge. And I'm not quite sure why the crack from the sixth dentil right of the Y to the JHF is described as going to the brow? Is there a brow other than eye brow?
Upon further research, this appears to be either the Seavy specimen or was made using the Seavy specimen as a guide. Breen called the Seavy specimen die state II, but the person describing it in a June 3, 2004 sale believed it had ALMOST all the die state points of State VI. The individual identification is based on damaged beads between UN and Obverse beads which get lost in the edge on the right side of the Obverse.
Brow can also refer to the forehead. The crack on the right seems to reach the bust a little below the JHF or to the upper forehead so use of the term brow would be accurate.
