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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 1866558, member: 21705&quot;]Well I drove by the VFW hall on the way home from church which was having a crisis preparation conference. I noticed it was hosting the Annual Coin show for Orange and it usually had little to offer me as an early date Large Cent Specialist. But it was too convenient being less than a&nbsp; 1/2 mile away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Si in I went paying my $2 entry fee. Seeing nothing in the first half of the tables there, I al;most went home. But on I went and came across a couple of nice 1794s at one table. One like it had a CUD on the reverse at UNITED so it peeked my interest. I went home to look at my references and took my Breen and my jewelers specs back with me. The two turned out to be an S-22 and an S-57, each priced over $1,000 which was a little too rich for R1 varieties for me. Well I found four more early dates at another dealer&#039;s table and as I looked, I confirmed the first two 1803s were misattributed. After offering my attributions, I think he was getting a little perturbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then came the 1802. I quickly identified the reverse as the missing loops variety, Breen&#039;s Rev B so I made sure to look at ALL of the obverses since we sometimes forget that is was used after Rev C interrupted the sequence. All of the obverses except two were easy to eliminate since the 0 and 2 were distant from each other. Now I&#039;m down to S-226 and 1802 NC-1 and I&#039;ve reached this point many times in my searching days. But this time it was different. There appeared to be a feint crack between the bust and the rim right of the 2 exactly where THE crack of NC-1 should appear. But the coin does have some corrosion, so that wasn&#039;t enough. Next I looked to see if the LIB were further apart than on the S-226 and it looked like it, but was too close for positive ID. The I looked at the space between the top of the 1 and the hair and EUREKA! Confirmation of the NC-1. There was space there where the S-226 lacked space. I confirmed again with space from the curl to the middle of 1 which is closer on the S-226. If I&#039;m correct, this is a die state between I and II showing the famous crack started at the bottom and worked it&#039;s way up the coin to the rim above B.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I will need to decide how much it&#039;s worth. The dealer knows what I found since we were together as I attributed it. He&#039;s giving me first shot and indicated he would be fair about it since I discovered it&#039;s added value. But I&#039;m concerned he see&#039;s it as a fine coin without netting it down due to the corrosion. I went $650 for a coin that eventually sold for just over $1,000 in January but was superior to it. Even the Holmes early die state only went for $810.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I had photos since my eyes are bad and I&#039;d hate to get this wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll let you know what I decide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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