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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2622321, member: 1892"]Fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> There's a smoking gun here which I won't mention until last, because it doesn't show up as plainly on all of them. The Stemless Reverse narrows things down nicely to (if I have it right) four varieties: S-131, 132, 133 and 143. 143 is eliminated because of the position of the 7 in the date and the leaves near the D in UNITED, and I think we can eliminate 132 because of the position of the 7 also. That leaves us with 131 and 133. Now, S-131 and S-133 differ in the relationship of the 1 and first 7 in the date. S-131's 1 is somewhat closer to the hair curl, and the 7's top bar is noticeably higher than it. S-133's 1 is close to the hair, and the 7 is closer to "where you'd expect it" in relation. It also extends lower than S-131's 7, but that's not visible here. S-131's second 7 is a bit more "parallel" to the bust line; S-133's left peak on the 7 is further away, more tilted. Comparing the two, the date here more closely resemble's S-131, so that's what we call it. Now, the smoking gun: the plain die break behind the hair ribbon, which immediately identifies it as S-131 anyways. All the above was just to try to illustrate the attribution process, because you don't always get a smoking gun pickup when attributing.[/QUOTE]