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Message:: [QUOTE="Marshall, post: 3036140, member: 21705"]I'm now confident in the Obverse attribution due to the clash marks below the hair ribbon. This is diagnostic of Noyes Obverse 1801-3 Die Dtate C (Breen S-215 II) and is probably the reason for the attribution. But the reverse crack through the denominator to the R doesn't show on the reverse and the fraction bar isn't quite right to me. I'm going back and forth on whether I think this is a Breen S-215 I Reverse with the missing reverse crack having been worn down by polishing or a later die state of 1801 NC-1 than currently known which was produced after the Noyes 1801-3 Die State  B. This would require an interrupted emissions sequence for Obverse 1801-3. (NC-1 B/E, B/F, S-215 B/F, {NC-1 C/F}, S-215 C/F, {NC-1 C/F}, S-215 C/G, D/G, D/H, E/I.)Whether it was produce before, during or after the production if the S-215 C/F could not be determined. And all this speculation is from a very worn coin with poor pictures because I can't see the reverse crack I expect to see for a S-215. Plus the Reverse wear pattern is unlike any other coin using this obverse with strength at K4-K9 and weakness where there is generally strength. Seeing the area around (E)S OF would certainly make it much easier to have confidence in an attribution. It's nice to hear from someone who occupies the spot I'm generally in at the price setter rather than the high bidder.[/QUOTE]