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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 20588334, member: 116145&quot;]Yes, their specimen has a really nice reverse (see below) from their comments on same, &quot;The obverse bust was cut shallow in the die and so was weakly struck. Note that in AUCTORIS, the letters TOR are smaller than the other letters. Also, in this example there is a larger planchet void and several small voids in the top portion of the bust area.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse die appears to have been larger than the planchet, for most examples appear incomplete (note the planchet size is 26.6 mm while the Emsworth token, listed next, is 29.4 mm). The present example has only a small portion of the date area and is struck right of center so that the upper portion of LIBER and part of the anchor are lost. On this example there are massive die cracks from the left tip of the anchor moving up behind Liberty&#039;s head; a second crack starts in the hair area then continues through her forehead and on to just before the globe. As these cracks do not appear on many plated examples I suspect they occurred in the final stages of the use of these dies.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1541044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1541045[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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