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Message:: [QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3187297, member: 21705"]This is an easy attribution of the variety. S-232. The reverse is unique among the 1802s with the fraction bar from almost touching the left ribbon at the bend to almost touching the right ribbon above the bend. The closest to it is the S-241 and it has no stems and is still below the ribbon bends. Now the fun part is the Die Stage/State. It's definitely late due to the CUD above AT. Breen shows seven die states, but none mention a CUD and focus on rim breaks. The comp for his terminal die state VII does not show this CUD. Noyes, on the other hand, shows this CUD on his stages C, D and E. His C had the left side of the CUD perpendicular to the rim with D and E showing the CUD developing at an angle towards (S)T. Now yours shows this angular development more than any of his comps. His D actually looks more developed to me than his E though a light crack from the top of E to the rim over S can't be seen. I think I can almost see this crack, but not well enough to rule out just seeing what I expect to see there. So bottom line, I would use the CUD angularity to call it either stage E or a new F. The weak crack above E to the rim does seem contradictory though. Also, the prominent clash is reminiscent of this Holmes example without the CUD, but not seen on any of the Noyes examples:[/QUOTE]