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<p>[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2128143, member: 11786"]Most definitely a DDO--but it's not S-2, which has a broken wing tip and type of 1856 obverse. I'll do more digging...</p><p><br /></p><p>Update--found it! It's the Snow-18. What made it easy was the tell-tale matching rim cud above the S in STATES. You can also see the doubling matching on the ES (white arrows). Snow says "Proof die that was later used for regular production. Compare with PR3 (obverse).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8822/17127771545_9677c5f5f4_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KurtS, post: 2128143, member: 11786"]Most definitely a DDO--but it's not S-2, which has a broken wing tip and type of 1856 obverse. I'll do more digging... Update--found it! It's the Snow-18. What made it easy was the tell-tale matching rim cud above the S in STATES. You can also see the doubling matching on the ES (white arrows). Snow says "Proof die that was later used for regular production. Compare with PR3 (obverse). [IMG]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8822/17127771545_9677c5f5f4_b.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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