EAC ? Plain / Gripped Edge ? (1797 Cent)

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Flychance New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 01/09/2023 11:55 am Per my research, I believe this will be a quick & easy answer, however I wanted to query the community. 1797 (rev 95) are there any OBVERSE or REVERSE diagnostics to attribute a plain versus gripped edge? I am specifically referencing S-121a / S-121b (although if a pup exists for S-120a / S-120b please inform) * Edited by Staff to Add Year Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * Report this Post to the Staff

CarrsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 756 Posts	Posted 01/10/2023 10:36 am there are no differences on the obverse or reverse. same obverse and reverse die. Report this Post to the Staff
kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 01/10/2023 10:57 am Quote: there are no differences on the obverse or reverse. same obverse and reverse die. Correct. The differences are only on the edge. Quote: (although if a pup exists for S-120a / S-120b please inform) As for PUPs, again the differences are only on the edge. My information comes from United States Large Cents/1795-1797, Vol. 2, by William C. Noyes. Report this Post to the Staff
Flychance New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 01/10/2023 3:29 pm Thanks Carrs & Kanga, I expected the above to be true. I'm starting to find additional information regarding edges: Plain/Gripped & Beaded? From what I've discerned, S-120 does appear as a "Beaded" Variety, however (and more importantly as I am specifically concerned with S-121): Does the S-121 have a "Beaded" subvariety, that when heavily circulated will be referred to as "Plain"? Edited by Flychance 01/10/2023 9:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CarrsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 756 Posts	Posted 01/11/2023 09:56 am plain edge is plain edge. gripped has raised bumps on half of the edge and crude vertical reeding on the other half. its possible to tool a gripped edge to resemble a plain edge. there are not many people who can reliably tell the difference. post some pics and maybe we can help clear it up for you. - the edges from that era are woefully under researched. there are several additional edges besides gripped and they are found on several other varieties as well. the edge variations were most likely on the blanks when they were purchased by the mint. they arent really a mint product. Edited by CarrsCoins 01/11/2023 09:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
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