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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 25538638, member: 105571&quot;]Here&#039;s an 1818.&nbsp; And a 1839 Modified Matron Head, the Booby Head variety of the so-called &quot;Young Head&quot; design.&nbsp; When I bought the latter, I received the hand-notated envelope from before the coin was slabbed.&nbsp; It is the N-13 die pair, incidentally, since I just noticed I didn&#039;t label the photos as such.</p><p><br /></p><p>Breen called the Matron Head ugly but I don&#039;t agree with that judgement.&nbsp; It&#039;s not as attractive as the Draped Bust or even the Capped Bust IMHO but not ugly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the US has minted some truly ugly coins, again solely in my opinion, but I will decline to name those here so no one&#039;s feelings will be hurt.&nbsp; Nice article in the latest Numismatist by Bill Eckberg on the Scott/Reich &quot;who designed it&quot; question.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1635798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1635802[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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