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Message:: [QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3588197, member: 21705"]This is my newest acquisition and my second attempt to acquire this piece. I first bid on a four coin set and was outbid at the last second for ~$140. This time I picked it up individually at $54 plus postage. The obverse is identifiable as the Marred Field 1794 Obverse 17. It has four obverse pairings with the marred  field, though it had been used earlier in it's die life on the S-30 and S-31 before the Marred field became significant. [ATTACH=full]958350[/ATTACH]Now very little of the Reverse is identifiable, but ITE and dentils above are visible. All known varieties are very RARE with S-38 at R5, S-39 at R6, NC-2 at R8 and S-40 at R5+. Here are the reverses rotated to match the subject except for the NC-2. [ATTACH=full]958355[/ATTACH]Here is the NC-2 which I finally found and is impounded in the ANS collection.[ATTACH=full]958356[/ATTACH]Now I see the T directly inder or barely left of the dentil above with the upright of E just right of the second dentil right of the one over T. It most closely resembles S-39, but another possibility exists. Breen recorded his S-39 Die State III as:III. Extreme buckling obliterates ONE CENT and nearly touches R and (C)A. Leaves, ribbon ends, and right stem are still visible. Now Noyes photographed his Reverse Die State E with metal out of the die below the leaves under UN. It make no mention of such Die Buckling and none of the Photos indicate any obliteration, though one without the metal out appears to be unevenly worn there. It might be a fifth pairing with a previously unknown reverse die with the Breen State III and this coin being examples. I'm open for comments. ps I will copy this and post it in the Attribute This thread as well.[/QUOTE]

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