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<p>[QUOTE="WFN, post: 6617547, member: 86967"]Nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the obverse die stage, it appears to be O.116/T-20 die stage 2, almost DS-3.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the obverse working die was used once again on the final die marriage of 1806, O-117/T-30. The die was lapped heavily in an effort to get one more usage. The effect of this lapping was grinding away some of the detail - compare the curls next to S1 and 1 in the date. Also, the re-punched T has been lapped away! In very late stages of O.117/T-30 it is called the "half head" because most of the ribbon and curls have been ground off. The image below is from a O.117/T-30 that I bought from a Heritage auction in 2019:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WFN, post: 6617547, member: 86967"]Nice coin. From the obverse die stage, it appears to be O.116/T-20 die stage 2, almost DS-3. However, the obverse working die was used once again on the final die marriage of 1806, O-117/T-30. The die was lapped heavily in an effort to get one more usage. The effect of this lapping was grinding away some of the detail - compare the curls next to S1 and 1 in the date. Also, the re-punched T has been lapped away! In very late stages of O.117/T-30 it is called the "half head" because most of the ribbon and curls have been ground off. The image below is from a O.117/T-30 that I bought from a Heritage auction in 2019: [ATTACH=full]1267035[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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