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Message:: [QUOTE="Marshall, post: 8171788, member: 21705"]I've made it to the S-209? called S-215 on the SEGS slab. I really don't like any attribution at this point. [ATTACH=full]1427621[/ATTACH] You'd think at least getting the right date would be easy, but it's not. One possibility is that the date shows signs of a double strike. [ATTACH=full]1427622[/ATTACH]Where I'd expect to see the first 0, it looks more like another pointed 1 to me with a shadow of an 8 to it's right. But a date is not always needed for attribution. [ATTACH=full]1427624[/ATTACH]The clash marks between the ribbon and the curls appear sharp and should be helpful, but they just add confusion. They do not match either the S-209 or the S-215, particularly the clash coming down from the bend in the ribbon. It's another head scratcher, but the injured right side of the pointed 1 (like the S-215) and the sharp point should help. But so far, nothing is satisfactory. My biggest reason for not going with S-215 which has the injured 1, pointed and correctly positioned is the 8 appears closer on S-215 than on the subject as well as missing a very prominent die crack in the left field above the lower curls.[/QUOTE]