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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 2753322, member: 21705&quot;]<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182581077070?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182581077070?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/182581077070?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]631185[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]631186[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This will be either a very expensive S-121b or a very inexpensive S-121a. It is called a plain edge by the seller, but there is no way of knowing whether they know the difference between the plain edge of 1795 and the plain edge of 1797.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, this variety usually comes with a gripped edge and that sub-variety is the S-121b. The &quot;plain edge&quot; sub-variety is the S-121a and actually shows a beaded edge. That sub-variety was discounted by Sheldon and others since they believed they were just normal gripped edge coins which had been tooled to remove the grip marks. Later study showed it to actually have the beaded edge device also seen more frequently on the S-120a. Breen speculated that this variety could have a true plain edge like that of 1797 NC-1 which uses the same 1795 style reverse and would be a new sub-variety to be called S-121c.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I could have the common S-121b which is simply mislabeled, the rare S-121a (R6 to R7 depending on the number of &quot;plain edge&quot; 121s you think have been tooled from a gripped edge) or a discovery coin with a true plain edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>I anxiously await it&#039;s arrival so I can examine the edge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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