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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 4562269, member: 78244&quot;]The last two digits in the date have rounded tops, which means it could only be 1796, 1798, 1799, 1800, 1802, and 1806. The last digit honestly looks like a 6, but there is too much wear and pitting to be certain.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is where the key lies. My first impression was that it was reverse of 1794 due to the squashed bows. Couple that with the 6 I thought I saw, I thought S-109 looked pretty close, which is what I thought it was when I posted last night. However, I looked at it again a bit later, and I didn’t see any trace of CENT in the middle of the wreath, which is where it would be if it was reverse of 1794. That suggests that it might be reverse of 1797.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can barely make out the outlines of OF, and I can clearly see the outlines of AMERI. The thing that instantly drew my eye was how close the leaf was to the base of the F. I just looked through all of the reverse dies for the draped bust cents, and the only one that I found that was remotely similar was 1798 reverse D (S-147, R.5). However, the relationships between the leaves and M and R appear different, but this could be distortions caused by wear and pitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could this be an undiscovered die?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1129361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1129362[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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