You can definitely see the missing leaf newly "cut" added to the first set of leaves. Look how sharp compared to the others. Broken letters ,star placement, all are clues or pups to determine the different obv. And rev. The c tail is also broken.
That's a broken " S " on Cents . This coin has a cherrypicker number FS-902 ( FS-002.95 ) . https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1868-5c-rev-fs-902-002-95/400245
Yes the cherry pickers guide has a nice write up on this series, which is very helpful to understanding the series. This series has actually more undiscovered varieties as it does varieties. I have a few my self that just simply amaze me... i did collect these for varieties. Now you tell me where have you ever seen a stacked date of at least 3 different date punched styles?
You know I never checked to see if this was a discovery coin. But yeah who's work is this... I've seen some crazy stuff on coins but when I saw this I had to have it....now the other 1869 /1869 heavy over thin date . Thats a fs-05-1869-1302 (005.3) fletcher 104 My pricing on this is so out of date its hard to place a value not that any are for sale they are not. There is a thin or tall date 1869 that is rarer as most of the 1869 were heavy fat digits. These are fun to collect....but a warning you can get caught up chasing these they can be found in mid grades raw under 100 sometimes less...and varieties are just about on every coin. Die cracks, cuds, ddo's , rpd, I recall hunting a varity known as a 1876 bleeder... a very rare mint error in engraving at the mint. I found 1 on the bay....but it had damage ....bad damage ...obv.looked unc......the rev. Huges gouges and strached. Ugh....I had to pass on it...way to much damage to make it worth the variety. A 1876 shield is a semi key anyway.
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