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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 83304, member: 2100&quot;]I will make no claim as to knowledge of authenticity of this piece, but I can tell you it is not J201/P210. That id pattern, which Pollock rates as rarity 8 (2-3 known) in his 1994 book, does indeed use reverse die A, but the photos posted by the OP are of the B reverse die. </p><p><br /></p><p>The A (and C) reverse die has an open &quot;E&quot; in &quot;ONE&quot;, while &quot;B&quot; and &quot;D&quot; reverse dies have a closed &quot;E&quot;. The tip of the leaf closest to the &quot;C&quot; is well above the base of the &quot;C&quot; for the B reverse die, and about even with the base of the &quot;C&quot; for the D reverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse B was used with three minutely different obverses. All have a plain edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>P212 - copper-nickel (12% nickel, 88% copper) Davis-88, AW-206, Judd-180, Taxay-EP204, Breen-1924. Scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>P213 - copper and bronze. rarity 7 (4-12 known) AW-205, Judd-181 &amp; 182, Taxay-EP205 &amp; 206, (not in Davis). Walter Breen reports seeing an example at the 1966 ANA Convention.</p><p><br /></p><p>P214 - Nickel alloy, (presumably 25% nickel and 75% copper) rarity 7. AW-204, Judd-183, Taxay-EP207, (not in Davis), Walter Breen reports &quot;three of four seen in experimental nickel alloy, silvery color.&quot;</p><p>Auction price realized (also includes values for variety 217) - 1991 - $4180; 1985 - $1870.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just for a comparison, here are auction prices for P211, which used the A reverse die. 1992 - $5060; 1990 - $17050, $4840, $4400; 1988 - $5280; 1984 - $2200.</p><p><br /></p><p>GDJMSP - there is disagreement between the site you provided a link to and Pollock&#039;s book on patterns. Pollock indicates the J201/P210 is rarity 8, not unique as on the website. Also, Pollock indicates J201/P210 should have the date 1856 below the eagle. </p><p><br /></p><p>After having typed all of the above (and it may have some relevance, so I will leave it), I now have looked at the types preceding P210 instead of just the ones following. It appears that your website pics, as well as the OP&#039;s item, should have been referring to J219/P209. That is the only one that matches the design features of being dateless, closed &quot;E&quot; in &quot;ONE&quot;, and high leaf by the &quot;C&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>P209 - copper-nickel, plain edge, unique (?). AW-251, Judd-219, (not listed in Davis). Dr. Judd included this variety amongst the 1858 issues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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