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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 1093530, member: 21705"]I don't know if you wrote this before or after I posted the pictures of the S-216 and the S-221 second die state, both of which show sufficient detail for dentil comparison. Both of these obverses are called obverse 4 by Breen, but Sheldon called the S-216 Obverse 4 and the S-221 Obverse 8. </p><p><br /></p><p>I beieve I can show Sheldon was right using the dentilation. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will attempt to show that the early die S-221 is actually Sheldon's Obverse 4, but need additional reasoning due to the poor condition of the dentilation on that coin. This is why I show the field under the upright of E. I think I see enough evidence for this particular coin to show it's Obverse 4, but it is not nearly as strong as the evidence that there are 2 different obverses in play between the S-216 and S-221.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 1093530, member: 21705"]I don't know if you wrote this before or after I posted the pictures of the S-216 and the S-221 second die state, both of which show sufficient detail for dentil comparison. Both of these obverses are called obverse 4 by Breen, but Sheldon called the S-216 Obverse 4 and the S-221 Obverse 8. I beieve I can show Sheldon was right using the dentilation. I will attempt to show that the early die S-221 is actually Sheldon's Obverse 4, but need additional reasoning due to the poor condition of the dentilation on that coin. This is why I show the field under the upright of E. I think I see enough evidence for this particular coin to show it's Obverse 4, but it is not nearly as strong as the evidence that there are 2 different obverses in play between the S-216 and S-221.[/QUOTE]
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