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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 2985407, member: 21705&quot;]I just picked this S-154 R4+, the last of the Large 8s, up for $46.49. Just under the $50 limit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]735281[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]735282[/ATTACH]</p><p>This appears at first glance to be worse than it is. The wear patterns are due to buckling of the dies rather than excessive circulation. I suspect it would rate G6 at worst and possibly VG. It is also the latest die state of this variety I have seen. It has all the earmarks of Die State III, the last described in Breen, but the obverse buckling in the right field has been joined by additional buckling in the left Obverse field which obscures L and extends downward through the ribbon and on to the edges of the hair curls. There also appears to be a new die crack from the rim above I through the middle of B back up through E and rejoining the rim above R.</p><p><br /></p><p>This along with the spreading of the buckling on the reverse to extend all the way to the upright of R and new buckling on the left through to the lower left ribbon would appear to warrant calling this a new Die State IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>ps There also appears to be a CUD which has formed where the clash marks were previously present on earlier Die States between the right ribbon and the adjoining foot of A. While not unique, it usually occurs at the rims. The exceptions seem to be on the small areas near lettering, or in this case, lettering and the ribbon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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