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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 1736184, member: 24544&quot;]I would put the grade at 15 net 7 for the harsh cleaning,&nbsp; that &#039;shiny&#039; you see on the coin is very undesirable and is in no way natural and is certainly not luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>The variety is a 47 N13 in middle die state, not N22. The N22 has a die crack over MER as well, but the N13 die crack over MER is different.&nbsp; If you notice the top of R in america actually has a thick crack on top of it making the the letter slightly taller.&nbsp; The variety is R4, so it&#039;s considered very scarce although in this grade and condition there is no premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for getting into collecting these by variety the Dan Holmes Late Date catalog is a wonderful resource.&nbsp; The best attribution book for these is by Bob Grellman, &#039;Die Varieties of United States Large Cents 1840-1857&#039; and it&#039;s available from the author for I believe $100 postage paid.&nbsp; While that may seem expensive, the information in the book can easily pay for itself many times over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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