Can't tell for sure, but it doesn't look like a Snow-3. I can't see any doubling on the eagle's head or beak, or on the letters. Doubling should be very prominant on AMERICA, especially C and A, but I don't see it. For me the only diagnostic I see is the broken wing tip, which as you know is necessary, but not sufficient.
mbbiker -- Here's a large image of an S-3 Stewart Blay let me image at the Sept. Long Beach show: 1857 DDO S-3.
Besides the obvious doubling of the eye, beak, tailfeathers and all letters of the legend which doesn't seem to exist on the Ebay coin, these also have clear doubling of the denticles on the left side. Many also have die lines extending from the M of AMERICA to the rim. The wing tip certainly resembles an S-3 but it may have some unnatural extra wear and is a bit discolored in that area as well.
The reason Stewart brought his coin to Long Beach was so I could compare an 1857 I purchased on Ebay to his. Mine obviously wasn't an S-3 but had the look of a DDO, including the doubled denticles. The lack of doubling on the legend and eagle's head make it strike doubled instead:
LincolnSence -- sorry I left that info out. It was a PCGS MS64, I believe the finest known but I'm not certain about that. Does he own any that aren't?
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Can't tell for sure, but it doesn't look like a Snow-3. I can't see any doubling on the eagle's head or beak, or on the letters. Doubling should be very prominant on AMERICA, especially C and A, but I don't see it. For me the only diagnostic I see is the broken wing tip, which as you know is necessary, but not sufficient.
Maybe somebody else here has better eyes.
Besides the obvious doubling of the eye, beak, tailfeathers and all letters of the legend which doesn't seem to exist on the Ebay coin, these also have clear doubling of the denticles on the left side. Many also have die lines extending from the M of AMERICA to the rim. The wing tip certainly resembles an S-3 but it may have some unnatural extra wear and is a bit discolored in that area as well.
Thanks for sharing.
My 1857 PCGS MS65
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