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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 837774, member: 21705&quot;]I wish I could assist, but I only have Early date and Middle date reference material. General questions like how a 1847 could show an earlier die state than a 1846. </p><p><br /></p><p>It can be hypothesized as: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. A reuse of an older 1846 obverse die after the 1847 obverse die. It happened early&nbsp; with Reverse B of 1799 preceeding Reverse GG of 1798.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The die could also have been reworked with die cracks polished out. </p><p><br /></p><p>3. The third and most exciting possibility is a new die discovery. Unless the die was reworked, the prominent die cracks should show up on all later die states. If they&#039;re not present on the late state N-23s, you could have a discovery piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course if you&#039;re like me, you see things that aren&#039;t there. But in this case, they&#039;re quite prominent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent a 1798/1799 to Bob this morning for an expert opinion and I suppose this is the best way to get expert advice on attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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