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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1082957, member: 6036&quot;]Thanks, guys.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is <b>Sheldon 14 (rarity 5-)</b>, a&nbsp; slightly better die variety. It is the second most common of five&nbsp; collectible die varieties (assuming folks call S-15 r.7- &quot;collectible&quot;... but&nbsp; so it goes with these). The coin in question is r.5-, a shade better&nbsp; than S-13 at r.4-.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Mike, it is a neat die crack. And here&#039;s what&#039;s odd... all known specimens have that die crack fully bisecting the obverse. Moreover, this is the only known use of this obverse die. This suggests the die cracked very early in the run. Further, since this is one of the more &quot;common&quot; 1793 Caps, they kept the heavily cracked die in service for quite some time - perhaps 2,000 coins were minted, of which 50 or so survive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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