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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 3045998, member: 21705&quot;]Alright. I have one answer which leads me to another question.</p><p><br /></p><p>The die crack first described in Noyes State D (S-213) of this reverse can be seen. So that answers the question regarding attribution. It is the S-215.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now why is the major reverse crack missing and the lower left loop not missing? Perhaps the crack was smoothed? This would explain a lack if chip above 1(00). It might also explain why there are no cracks along the bulge left of the lower curls. But the complete loops is still unique among comps I&#039;ve looked at which were correctly attributed (I found one misattributed S-214 with complete loops). Most have at least a gap in the lower left loop and most are incomplete at the intersection of the loops like on Reverse B of 1802.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, my working theory is that This Obverse is an early Noyes Die State C paired with Reverse Noyes State F with smoothing to hide the major reverse crack and chips at 1(00) and possibly any cracks along the obverse bulge. Immediately afterward, this reverse die is damaged at the left bottom loop and later the intersection of the loops.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least I&#039;m not looking for a new or different reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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