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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 7850806, member: 7638&quot;]thanks for the comments; I wish she had surfaces like the ones y&#039;all posted. It&#039;s always good to see some nice early halves posted! that&#039;s a great looking half, Publius.&nbsp; Here is an auction description for a Small Head sold by Stacks a while back:&nbsp; &quot;Three distinct die marriages comprise the Small Head subtype of the 1795 half dollar; O-126(a), O-127(a), and O-128. Each variety employs a unique obverse die, which were most likely made by assistant engraver John Smith Gardner from an obverse hub prepared by Chief Engraver Robert Scot. Overton-126a, represented here, is the late state of O-126 and identifiable by a light reverse die crack from the border outside the letters ED in UNITED to the border below the left ribbon end that forms a retained cud.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; NCS called mine &quot;Fine details,&quot;&nbsp; but frankly it looks more like VG8 to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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