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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 25402806, member: 104064&quot;]I&#039;ll update in case anyone down the road is interested. There were definitely two die pairs that produced the 1900-S &quot;reverse of 1899&quot; anomaly. The two obverse dies are distinguished by the date position, as well as die cracks through the bust:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1627066[/ATTACH] The two reverse transition anomaly dies are distinguished by some obvious die cracks, as well as the mint mark position. Die pair #2 is noticeably higher and left of die pair #1, and has a minor RPD.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1627067[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>Of 14 graded coins with the 1899 reverse on Heritage, GC and Stack&#039;s, 12 are die pair #1 and only 2 are die pair #2. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing that sent me down a rabbit hole is that after purchasing I noticed that the listing said it was &quot;From The Globus Collection.&quot; Dr. Alfred R. Globus had a massive collection of world, ancient and US coins. I had never heard of him. <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1295/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1295/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1295/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Curiously, the 05/28/09 Heritage, 08/12/10 Heritage, and 01/04/11 Stack&#039;s offerings of the same coin did not mention the Globus collection. I thought I&#039;d try to find out how it was now pedigreed to Dr. Alfred R. Globus. </p><p><br /></p><p>After some sleuthing, on NNC I found a list of auctions where Globus was mentioned, from the resource here <a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/546873?page=949" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/546873?page=949" rel="nofollow">https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/546873?page=949</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1627068[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Stack&#039;s has an incredible archive of their auction catalogs, and the Globus collection appears two dozen times. Going though the auction catalogs I finally found my coin attributed, from a 05/05/98 sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1627069[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>I&#039;m the fifth owner since Dr. Globus, and who knows who owned it before him. It&#039;s amazing what you can find out about one little coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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