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After comparing them, I don't think this is significantly different, just mushier in details than the detail on Liberty's seat might suggest. Earliest state (clashed): Typical late state, a… (View Post)

A rough look at images, I believe it is the same obverse, thus die pair. I also see the familiar break along the left (our right) wing edge, by the E of AMERICA. So this is just another FS-801. This … (View Post)

It is looking more like a stage of the 801. I certainly have enough if them to compare. I think the obverses are different though. Will look at them tomorrow. (Giving the coin to ANACS on Saturday.) (View Post)

I'd probably do ancients. If doing something a little closer to modernity, maybe those city-states that eventually coalesced into Italy and Germany. (View Post)

I looked at a lot of Trade dollars and this was a key frustration. While I never thought Fivaz and Stanton would have listed it in their Cherrypickers' Guide if its existence was suspect, I just… (View Post)