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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 1089556, member: 21705&quot;]OK. The Reverse is definitely Reverse D. Therefore it HAS to be S-147 R5. That&#039;s what I call it.</p><p><br /></p><p>BUT, the Obverse just doesn&#039;t cry out Obverse 2 to me. The refinished hair and the position of 7 bug me. The refinished Obverse 2 actually ends under the I. This one appears to be under the upright of the B. The 7 on Obverse 2 looks higher to me than this one and more properly positioned than this one which appears to me to be rotated right of the standard positions and a bit lower.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, I also see something else that is much more common than once thought. Multiple strikes to the obverse most evident in the right field where bust drapery and at least two remnants of strikes from the hair, nose and neck are evident. The reverse just shows the edge dentils on the left side from the edge of the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is speculation on my part. Perhaps those coins exposed to acidic soil reveal otherwise hidden previous strikes just like the mild acids are used to reveal the dates on SLQ and Buffalos. The extra material from the raised portion of the prior strikes gets compressed to a greater degree at the time of the subsequent strike(s) than the field and is ever so slightly more dense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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