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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 2882986, member: 21705"]The reverse is a rock solid Sheldon DD with the fallen (drooping) berry at C(ENT). The obverse should have the characteristic breaks in the obverse of a late state Obverse 34, but it doesn't. If those breaks haven't been removed post mint through buffing or tooling, then a couple of possibilities occur to me. One, this S-187 was struck before the S-186 and then then paired again afterwards with a later Die state reverse OR the obverse was polished and briefly obscured the die cracks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see nothing die related to believe this is not the 34DD or S-187. The position of the HWH and SHWH below R and E respectively rule out the Obverse 33.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit This appears to show the crack from (C)A to below the final cypher of Die State II. With Conder seeing a trace of the first die crack on the obverse at Y, it is likely simply a die state II S-187 and the misshapen U(N) on the reverse likely PMD or a temporary strike issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 2882986, member: 21705"]The reverse is a rock solid Sheldon DD with the fallen (drooping) berry at C(ENT). The obverse should have the characteristic breaks in the obverse of a late state Obverse 34, but it doesn't. If those breaks haven't been removed post mint through buffing or tooling, then a couple of possibilities occur to me. One, this S-187 was struck before the S-186 and then then paired again afterwards with a later Die state reverse OR the obverse was polished and briefly obscured the die cracks. I see nothing die related to believe this is not the 34DD or S-187. The position of the HWH and SHWH below R and E respectively rule out the Obverse 33. Edit This appears to show the crack from (C)A to below the final cypher of Die State II. With Conder seeing a trace of the first die crack on the obverse at Y, it is likely simply a die state II S-187 and the misshapen U(N) on the reverse likely PMD or a temporary strike issue.[/QUOTE]
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