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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 5141510, member: 21705&quot;][ATTACH=full]1206463[/ATTACH] I was cruising eBay and came across an interesting item. The attribution is crystal clear as S-102. But this caught mt interest for two reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, it appears to be a top census candidate, certainly in detail if not net.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second it has a &#039;break&#039; seen on only one other coin called Die State A in Noyes but is not described as such indicating it might have been considered PMD or a planchet flaw. But this item shows the exact same flaw making that determination unlikely.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is coin being offered which matches Die State A in Noyes and is numbered 20281 VF25 (XF45) and tied for 5/6. This appears to be sharper and has slight variations in dings and wear, (sharper denticles on SE of Reverse - usually weak,) making it unlikely to be the same coin (though ruling that out is difficult with differences in lighting and photography)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1206452[/ATTACH]</p><p>I just checked Breen and there is a mention of a perfect die state Reverse in his REMARKS and the die crack above AMER is either weak or missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not promoting this item and have no financial interest in it, but it is intriguing numismatically.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1206463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Could this actually be a new obverse die which was quickly discarded because it shattered? We now have two S-102s that are not quite like the others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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