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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8315936, member: 110350"]Thank you. From Crawford, the difference between 229/1a and 1b is that Roma's necklace consists of beads on 1a, and of pendants on 1b. Because I wasn't sure which mine showed (although I admit I thought that they might look more like pendants) I decided to go with DNW's attribution -- even though Spink back in 1984 didn't say which it is; see no. 2625, instead citing generally Crawford 229/1 (although Spink does cite BMCRR 914, a specimen with a bead necklace; 916-917 have pendant necklaces):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472405[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll have to take a look to see what's in the Schaefer die studies at CRRO. Apparently there are a total of only 10 different obverse dies for 1a and 1b combined. I certainly can't tell the difference from the photos in my copy of Crawford Vol. II.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't even really tell where the ring mount was, unless it was where one can see small chips at around 1:00 and 3:00. It certainly doesn't affect any of the devices so far as I can see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8315936, member: 110350"]Thank you. From Crawford, the difference between 229/1a and 1b is that Roma's necklace consists of beads on 1a, and of pendants on 1b. Because I wasn't sure which mine showed (although I admit I thought that they might look more like pendants) I decided to go with DNW's attribution -- even though Spink back in 1984 didn't say which it is; see no. 2625, instead citing generally Crawford 229/1 (although Spink does cite BMCRR 914, a specimen with a bead necklace; 916-917 have pendant necklaces): [ATTACH=full]1472405[/ATTACH] I'll have to take a look to see what's in the Schaefer die studies at CRRO. Apparently there are a total of only 10 different obverse dies for 1a and 1b combined. I certainly can't tell the difference from the photos in my copy of Crawford Vol. II. I can't even really tell where the ring mount was, unless it was where one can see small chips at around 1:00 and 3:00. It certainly doesn't affect any of the devices so far as I can see.[/QUOTE]
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