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Message:: [QUOTE="Marshall, post: 1867989, member: 21705"]There was apparent separation between the top of the 1 and the hair which I saw on Saturday. But this must be damage and there is damage in this area. The CUD is there, though lower than on most comps. but again looked like damage and what appeared to be the lower part of the well known crack from the rim to the drapery appeared to be there, but must be corrosion. The left foot of Y was confusing since it was there at some angles and not at others. I'm much better off when I have a decent photo. With the photo, I could see the dentilation above LIBERTY and found it's match in the S-226. The wide separation of the 0 and 2 narrowed it down to S-226 and NC-1 pretty quickly. It was just hard to imagine the problems with the usually simple diagnostics on this coin. But I offer this new diagnostic between those two obverses. The upright of the E has two dentils on the NC-1 and a single dentil over the upright of the E on the S-226. [ATTACH=full]314966[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]314967[/ATTACH]                            S-226------------------------------------------------NC-1 Now whether this damage was natural or intentional is another matter for conjecture. But I don't not believe the last two owners would be a potential culprit. Neither tried to pass it off as an NC-1.[/QUOTE]