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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1652254, member: 66&quot;]I think Leadfoot has the answer.&nbsp; The first off-center strike had another planchet between this coin and the obverse die.&nbsp; This coin would have caused an indentation in both that coin and this one.&nbsp; (The other coin would show a normal obverse with an indent missing on the reverse.&nbsp; This coin would have shown the off-center reverse and an indent on the obverse.)&nbsp; Then when this coin was placed properly between the dies the obverse would be almost normal showing traces of the indent, and the reverse would be as we see it on the OP coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is a nice theory about the N-12, there is just one problem with it.&nbsp; This is not a N-12, it is an early state of N-9 (N-9 and N-12 share the same reverse)&nbsp; The placement of the die crack between stars 3 and 4 confirms this.&nbsp; On N-9 the crack runs from between star points 2 and 3 on star 3 to between star points 5 and 6 on Star 4.&nbsp; On N-12 the crack runs from the tip of point 3 on star 3 to point 5 of Star 4.&nbsp; You may have to blow up the picture of the obv in the OP but the crack between stars 3 and 4 is there as are traces of the continuation of the crack down through stars 3 to 2 to 1.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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