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Interesting. Check the diameter. Count the edge reeds. At first glance it looks genuine, then I compared with my PCGS VG10 of the 1797 JR2. Compare the 2 small diagonal scratches on the neck on each … (View Post)

@burfle23 The reverse has post-mint marks that are similar to OP coin, small dig with cratering between S and T, dig on leaf below R, scratch just of end of D to leaf, others. Sorry about the pic, be… (View Post)

The best account of early Mint dies is covered in The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint, pages 72-80. Images of 8 pre-1833 dies. Lots of documented research including the Mickley sale/confiscatio… (View Post)

Thanks for the mention @Swampboy ! Three more, not only authors but researchers of archival sources whose books are the latest and greatest of the subject: @Coinosaurus The Secret History of the Firs… (View Post)

A neat die state: Better pics: (View Post)