Nothing better to do tonight, so I thought I’d put together a die study on the 1817 O-105 die marriage. This was the last use of obverse die 3-s2. (Used previously to strike the O-103a--the punctuated date die marriage in the die state with the dot removed). In all there are four die states for this die marriage: (1) No Obverse or Reverse die cracks (the O-105 Prime; Probably R7 per the Auction and Mail Bid Prices Realized (AMBPR) Sadly, although I have seen one of the 6 or 7 known I don’t own one to show. (2) Obverse die cracks only the O-105; probably R6 (13-30 examples) per the AMBPR Note the crack at star 9 No die crack at date No die crack at top of OF (3) the O-105a...Obverse and Reverse die cracks , R4- (150 to 200 examples) Die crack at date just starts above 7 in date Die crack above OF (4) the O-105b...Full-blown Obverse and Reverse die cracks Probably R-4+ (76 to 125 examples) Crack at Star 9 extends fully across Liberty's cap; crack at date extends to rim above Star 11 No difference from the above state.
Did you check to make sure it's not the 106a--the "single leaf"? The mint truly used these dies until they completely came apart.
