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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2458226, member: 46237&quot;]Nice coin and a great variety to have.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1833 B-2 die marriage is the same thing as FS-25-1833-901, because the B-2 die marriage employs reverse F which is the die with the O/F.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really O/F is a bad name for the variety though since it was actually a deliberate type change. The reverse die (reverse F) was made to change the shield to using 2 lines per stripe instead of 3 lines, to mirror changes in the other denominations. For whatever reason, this die was only used as the reverse of two marriages, 1833 B-2 and 1834 B-1 (FS-25-1834-901). The 1834 version is extremely common (Cherry Picker&#039;s is wrong) but the 1833 version is quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse die on the 1833 B-2 is the same obverse used for the 1833 B-1. It is thought that the die became pitted from rust, and examples of early die states without pitting are extremely hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the obverse of my 1833 B-1 in terminal die state. This is the same state as the obverse on your coin would have been before wear. You can see here very well the excessive pitting and clashing that you noted on your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514801[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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