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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2568403, member: 1892&quot;]I am inclined to think it genuine, although as has been mentioned the surfaces may not be original. Here&#039;s why:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dick Osburn and Brian Cushing have codified the die pairs of Seated Dollars. Their work has been published online:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/index.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/index.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>1847 has 4 die pairs recorded. The coin here is a good match for OC-1, the first die pair noted. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/1847-OC1.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/1847-OC1.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/1847-OC1.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The date location is correct. The reverse shows appropriate pickups for the one paired with that obverse - the die crack over the top of UNITED which, to the extent I can see, is a match for the one known. More importantly, the coin shown here seems to have the extended vertical stripe in the shield. Here&#039;s a detail from the image posted above:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]555159[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a decent Heritage result for this die pair in MS63:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1847-1-ms63-ngc-cac/a/1229-98778.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1847-1-ms63-ngc-cac/a/1229-98778.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/seated-dollars/silver-and-related-dollars/1847-1-ms63-ngc-cac/a/1229-98778.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind, these die cracks progressed over the life of the die, and the Heritage coin is a later state than the one here. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see counterfeiters even <b>knowing</b> to fake that die line in the shield, much less faking it correctly with their limited technology. For that reason, I&#039;m inclined to think this coin genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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