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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1587507, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, yes, yes ! Congrats to bigjpst on being the first to discover that it is, indeed, <b>Sheldon-261</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to all for sharing their thoughts and rationale. Since CT is a very educational forum, that&#039;s more important than getting the &quot;right answer&quot;... I really want some of the newer folks to understand <i><b>how </b></i>we determine what&#039;s what.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to beef1020 for discussing the die crack. Yes, this is an earlier die state. According to Breen&#039;s work, it is <b>die state 2</b>. It&#039;s worth noting that many folks collect the various die states. In Breen&#039;s Encyclopedia of these early cents, the plate coin shows the arcing die crack all the way across Liberty to the left rim - far more advanced than this specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s fascinating to ponder the coiners at the Mint back in the day. They had to know about the die crack; they could see it on the coins (which were individually hand-made). That suggests they made a conscious decision to keep the die in service, even though they knew it was falling apart. That helps us empathize with the challenges faced by the young Mint - and the new-born United States.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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