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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 82550, member: 66&quot;]Yes it has been corroded which is what is causing the roughness.&nbsp; This is a late die state of 37 N-2.&nbsp; This obverse die was first used on 37 N-15 (R-4 Scarce).&nbsp; In that marriage the obverse die began to crack down from the rim through stars 4, 3 and 2.&nbsp; In a later state a secondary crack offset to the left of the first crack started to develop with very slight sinking of the die area between the cracks.&nbsp; The reverse die broke up more quickly though and was replaced creating N-2 with a worn breaking up obverse and a new reverse die.&nbsp; After just a short usage another horizontal crack develops from the rim between stars 3 &amp; 4 to the existing crack.&nbsp; (This crack is present on your coin.)&nbsp; Then the area between the two craks to the left of star 4 falls out of the die creating a cud wiping out three points of star 4.&nbsp; Die chipping develops around star 3.&nbsp; This is also present on your coin.&nbsp; The main crack gets heavier and eventually continues on to the rim by Star 1.&nbsp; This variety is fairly common.&nbsp; At that point the obverse die was retired and the reverse was mated with a new obverse to create N-16.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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