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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 951858, member: 21705&quot;]Well, I found a match in much better shape in the Heritage Archives called S-189 Die State V. It is either confirmation of the S-189 or a second example of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>S-189 Reverse DS V</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the crumbling of the dentils on both sides above the first A of AMERICA. There is also a die chip immediately left of the fraction bar which explains why my coin appears to have a long fraction bar. This also shows a long stem on the top right berry like mine, but different from the other S-189s I&#039;ve seen. This better coin may show the markers of previous die states to nail it down as the Reverse C, but I&#039;m not yet familiar with them. (but I intend to be.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I also find it interesting that the break from the leaf to the rim between F and A which they call a planchet lamination also appears to show on my coin when a planchet lamination should be unique to each planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The spacing at ED and CA also look like matches.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/S-189ReverseDSVMatch.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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