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<p>[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1372367, member: 24544"]I just did a little more checking and I am pretty sure it's an N5. To confirm you can check for crumbing inside the E in CENT, a lump (which I am pretty sure I can see) on the bottom of N in ONE, and two more lumps on the bottom of E in CENT, see the Holmes coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97</a></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97" rel="nofollow">T</a>he other possibility I see is the N10 which would not have those diagnostics and would have a crack through the top of UNITED, see the Holmes N10:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106</a></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106" rel="nofollow">I</a>n terms of quality the rim dent is what really reduces the net grade here as the couple marks on the obverse are pretty consistent with a f15 coin, without the rim dent it may be either straight 15 or 15/12, but either way those surfaces look pretty nice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="beef1020, post: 1372367, member: 24544"]I just did a little more checking and I am pretty sure it's an N5. To confirm you can check for crumbing inside the E in CENT, a lump (which I am pretty sure I can see) on the bottom of N in ONE, and two more lumps on the bottom of E in CENT, see the Holmes coin: [URL="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97"]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=97 T[/URL]he other possibility I see is the N10 which would not have those diagnostics and would have a crack through the top of UNITED, see the Holmes N10: [URL="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106"]http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=62&lot=106 I[/URL]n terms of quality the rim dent is what really reduces the net grade here as the couple marks on the obverse are pretty consistent with a f15 coin, without the rim dent it may be either straight 15 or 15/12, but either way those surfaces look pretty nice.[/QUOTE]
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