1803 Small Date / Small Fraction S-2?

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Drsandman2 Pillar of the Community United States 1374 Posts	Posted 01/14/2012 11:40 am Howdy folks! NOTE - Photo is cropped, this is not a clip. This is my 1803 large cent. It was marked as a 265 Large Date, large fraction. I didn't buy it as such, so don't worry. After looking this over, this appears to be a Small Date, Small Fraction. I'm having trouble attributing this coin, it looks most like S-262. I can tell what it isn't, and I've been through all photos for 1803. I've pointed out markers on the reverse to help identify. 1. No die break in D of UNITED 2. No Cud around T in STATES 3. T in CENTS barely connected to leaf, if it is 4. C in CENTS divided from leaf, seem to follow same contour 5. O in ONE - close to leaf but not touching Thanks for looking! Edited by Drsandman2 01/14/2012 11:40 am Report this Post to the Staff

Drsandman2 Pillar of the Community United States 1374 Posts	Posted 01/14/2012 12:31 pm I've gone back through the photos, and I'm still coming up short. The position of the O in ONE relative to the western leaf is really throwing me off. The leaf approaches the lower half of the O in more of a horizontal fashion and appears to barely touch. Under loop, they don't. The way the left stem is pointing at the N in UNITED, and not the U, leads me to believe this must be the N-256. However, I'm not seeing any of the cracks, the Cud, and things just don't seem to be lining up. It can't be the 262. And it almost seems like there is a large 1 on the bottom of the fraction, with a small on top. lol *Edit Edited by Drsandman2 01/14/2012 11:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/15/2012 02:38 am You got it right the second time, S-256. I went by the positioning of the leaves and legend but the crack from the rim down through the D to the wreath is visible in the pictures. Edited by Conder101 01/15/2012 02:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
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