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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 2710725, member: 21705&quot;]New Purchase:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]612101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]612102[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>S-149 and properly attributed by the seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>This variety was called R7 in both Early American Cents 1793-1814 and Penny Whimsy. Breen listed it as R5+ in 2000. In the last ten years, it has been called R5+, R4+ and R5, in that order so census info is inconsistent.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will be hard to grade because the axial misalignment seems worse on this example than on similar coins of the variety. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s due to more wear. The planchet appears nice with no obvious distractions or marks. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The examples I see in the Heritage archive seem unduly harshly graded for coins with both hair detail and drapery detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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