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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 24710192, member: 105571&quot;]Interesting.&nbsp; The reverse of this coin is not the Class I, it is the Class III restrike as denoted by the E of STATES being midway between clouds and the lettered edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse of the coin does not appear correct for a 1804 Class III:&nbsp; The R over the hair is not in the correct position, the stars appear too far apart, S8 seems to be too far from Y.</p><p><br /></p><p>The genuine 1804 you pictured is a Class I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the BB-30X is used by Bowers-Borckardt to denote &quot;Proof-Restrikes&quot;.&nbsp; The last one noted in my reference is BB-303 for the 1803 proof restrike.&nbsp; The section on 1804 dollars does not list any BB or other reference numbers for the 1804s at all.&nbsp; This reference is &quot;The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars. 1794-1804&quot; by Q. David Bowers copyright 2013.&nbsp; Maybe someone in the intervening years has assigned BB numbers to the 1804s and I&#039;m just not aware of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still doesn&#039;t explain how PCGS got the attribution wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously a fake, though.&nbsp; I was amused by the seller&#039;s plea to eBay to not cancel the listing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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