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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 3176630, member: 21705&quot;]I hope it is 2 leaves. the only coin I&#039;ve heard of with 2 leaves following DOLLAR is the S-11b, an R4 variety of the Wreath Cent, but which was struck just before the S-13 Liberty Caps.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would make your coin UNIQUE.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are volumes of literature on varieties of these Early Date Large Cents. I recently purchased a 6 volume set of UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS by William Noyes and the first 4 volumes are Early Dates. Before that, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS by Walter Breen, Del Bland and Mark Borchardt and before that PENNY WHIMSY by William H. Sheldon, an update of his earlier work, EARLY AMERICAN CENTS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sheldon listed varieties known to him like other collectors had before him, taking what he thought of as the best approach to listing all of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>He chose to list the collectable ones in sequence starting with S-1 (1793) and continue it through S-295 (1814). This list became very popular and the standard for Early Date Cent Collectors. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other varieties with an NC (Non-Collectable) designation which he did not consider collectable due to there being less than 3 available to collectors. As more were discovered, some were modified to <i>NC (Now Collectable) so the original list wouldn&#039;t have to be renumbered.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>There are some online resources available to help with photos for attribution, but the best information I&#039;ve found is Heritage Auction Archives of Early Date Large Cents when described by Mark Borchardt. While he is not mentioned by name, his descriptions and knowledge of these varieties makes his descriptions unmistakably his.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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