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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 781386, member: 21705&quot;]OK. Now I&#039;ll tell you what I see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom of M slightly above bottom of E vs slightly low to even on S-224.</p><p><br /></p><p>Right stem shorter than S-224.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numerator high and leans left vs high and leaning right on S-224.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denominator evenly spaced 1 0 0 vs 1 00 on S-224.</p><p><br /></p><p>The above places the numerator above the middle right of the center 0 on the subject coin and above the center left of the center 0 on the S-224s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Left side of Fraction Bar ends just short of bend in ribbon verses just past bend in ribbon on the S-224.</p><p><br /></p><p>Incused bust below TES up to the O is apparent on the S-224s. I don&#039;t see it on the subject coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my possible explanations:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I&#039;m seeing something that isn&#039;t there. Wishtribution rather than attribution.</p><p>2. A different die.</p><p>3. A retooled die.</p><p>4. Unusual damage to the planchet.</p><p>5. Unusual corrosion or pitting of coin.</p><p>6. Intentional Retooling of coin.</p><p>7. Unusual damage or wear on coin.</p><p>8. Photographic lighting differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since only the subject coin and one of the reference coins do not have the cud, it is safe to say that any die retooling would have to have been done after the subject coin was struck and resulted in the standard S-224 strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard that every low grade copper looks unique, so how do we determine what causes the uniqueness?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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