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Message:: [QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 601455, member: 2972"]Well, it's obviously a young head (aka head of '36).  So therefore it can only be one of five varieties... N.7 (or N.17 a later die state), N.8, N.14, N.15, or N 16. It can't be N.14 because the C in AMERICA isn't flat topped.  Scratch that one off the list. It can't be N.15 because there's no reverse die crack across tops of UNITED, nor does the leaf tip below C in AMERICA come close to touching the letter.  Scratch that one off the list. It can't be N.16 because there's no reverse die crack.  Scratch that one off the list. That means it's either N.8 or N.7 (or it's late die state cousin, N.17). We can eliminate N.17 because the reverse die is perfect, not buckled like this variety. So we're down to two -- N.8 or N.7.  Looking carefully at where the coronet tip meets the hair lock, you can plainly see the small offset that distinguishes N.7 from N.8.  In addition, the telltale (but not always) sign of N.8 -- a crack through the 1 in the date -- is not there. So this is an N.7. Or at least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it....Mike[/QUOTE]