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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1362840, member: 24544"]There are quite a few diagnostics on this coin which confirm it is not a starred reverse, the lowest lock on a starred reverse does not bend around and point back at the date. &nbsp;There is no berry to the right of E in ONE on a starred reverse. &nbsp;<br><br>The attribution of S57 seems correct to me as well. &nbsp;Maris called this the pyramidal head variety, but a clear diagnostic for the S57 is the small 'button' feature on the bottom left corner of the liberty cap, it was an errant mark made by the die cutter.</p><p><br /></p><p>My suggestion, and this goes for most people selling large cents on ebay, is to auction it with a low start price for 7 days. Believe it or not, I have found most unattributed rare varieties sell for what they are worth even when the seller did not know what they had. There are enough variety collectors on ebay that most truly rare unattributed varieties get noticed by the community and bit up, of course this does not happen with a buy it now price. So I always recommend, take good clear pictures and auction the coin off, if it's rare more then likely multiple people will find it and bit it up...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1362840, member: 24544"]There are quite a few diagnostics on this coin which confirm it is not a starred reverse, the lowest lock on a starred reverse does not bend around and point back at the date. There is no berry to the right of E in ONE on a starred reverse. <br><br>The attribution of S57 seems correct to me as well. Maris called this the pyramidal head variety, but a clear diagnostic for the S57 is the small 'button' feature on the bottom left corner of the liberty cap, it was an errant mark made by the die cutter. My suggestion, and this goes for most people selling large cents on ebay, is to auction it with a low start price for 7 days. Believe it or not, I have found most unattributed rare varieties sell for what they are worth even when the seller did not know what they had. There are enough variety collectors on ebay that most truly rare unattributed varieties get noticed by the community and bit up, of course this does not happen with a buy it now price. So I always recommend, take good clear pictures and auction the coin off, if it's rare more then likely multiple people will find it and bit it up...[/QUOTE]
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