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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1431065, member: 24544"]The 1803 looks like a S245 to me. The 3 is imbedded in the drapery, so that narrows it down to the 244, 245, or 261. </p><p><br /></p><p>The point of leaf by the D in united on the 244 is up by the curve of the D whereas your is closer to the upright of the D. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the 261 the leaf under the T in CENT covers a portion of the T, it is clear of the T on yours. </p><p><br /></p><p>So that leaves the 245, the unicorn variety. The 3 is imbedded as it is on yours, the right side of the T in liberty is over the junction of the hair and forehead, the leaf point is at the upright of the D. I can't exactly tell, but your coin looks like is has the unicorn break coming off the forehead. Check out this website:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.largecents.net/collection/coinpics/s245.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.largecents.net/collection/coinpics/s245.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.largecents.net/collection/coinpics/s245.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He has a complete 1803 variety set so you can click through. By the way, the 265 has a pointed one, along with the 264 which shares the same obverse, so it's not that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1431065, member: 24544"]The 1803 looks like a S245 to me. The 3 is imbedded in the drapery, so that narrows it down to the 244, 245, or 261. The point of leaf by the D in united on the 244 is up by the curve of the D whereas your is closer to the upright of the D. On the 261 the leaf under the T in CENT covers a portion of the T, it is clear of the T on yours. So that leaves the 245, the unicorn variety. The 3 is imbedded as it is on yours, the right side of the T in liberty is over the junction of the hair and forehead, the leaf point is at the upright of the D. I can't exactly tell, but your coin looks like is has the unicorn break coming off the forehead. Check out this website: [URL]http://www.largecents.net/collection/coinpics/s245.jpg[/URL] He has a complete 1803 variety set so you can click through. By the way, the 265 has a pointed one, along with the 264 which shares the same obverse, so it's not that.[/QUOTE]
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