1797 LARGE CENT. S-121a?

1797 draped bust cent. variety S-121a? any opinions?

 

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It is an S-121, can't tell if it is an a or b from these pictures.

 

thanks for the reply. the photos are the sellers photos. is there anything about the details of variety S121a or S-121b that could help to attribute the coin?

 

The only difference between the two is the edge, it all depended on the planchet the coin was struck on, a plain edged planchet or a "griped" edge planchet.

 

thanks for the reply. i could not find any photos online of the actual edge of the gripped edge variety. the coin that i posted is part of an order that i have on a layaway plan, so i have not seen the actual edge of the coin yet.

 

i received the coin and i tried to take pictures of the edge with a webcam because that is the only camera that i have. these photos did not turn out very much.

 

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=170412 shows a gripped edge variety. Certainly can not tell from those images. Plus you would need to take it out of the holder.