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Star-Dentil Relationships:
[0] Star points between dentils. [1] Star points to upper edge of dentil. [2] Star points to upper half of dentil. [3] Star points to center of dentil. [4] Star points to lower half of dentil. [5] Star points to lower edge of dentil.
IT Ordered Selections:
[-4] I is far left of T. [-3] Right side of I under left side of T. [-2] I centered under left side of T. [-1] Left side of I and T in line. [-0] I centered below T. [+1] Right side of I and T in line. [+2] I centered under right side of T. [+3] Left side of I under right side of T. [+4] I is far right of T.
S7 Ordered Selections:
[-4] Star 7 to front of cap. [-3] Star 7 to upper edge of headband. [-2] Star 7 to upper half of headband. [-1] Star 7 to center of headband. [-0] Star 7 to junction of curl/headband. [+1] Star 7 to upper curl. [+2] Star 7 to upper half of upper curl. [+3] Star 7 to center of upper curl. [+4] Star 7 to lower half of upper curl. [+5] Star 7 to lower edge of upper curl. [+6] Star 7 to junction of the curls. [+7] Star 7 to upper edge of lower curl. [+8] Star 7 to upper half of lower curl. [+9] Star 7 to center of lower curl. [+10] Star 7 to lower half of lower curl. [+11] Star 7 to lower edge of lower curl.
Pic 1: 1828 50C O-118 Sq Base 2, Sm 8s, Lg Lt, PCGS MS66+ (Image courtesy of PCGS CoinFacts)
Pic 2: 1828 O-118, PCGS AU58 (Image courtesy of BHNC #228)
Date is 8.0 mm. Stars are large, sharp and well formed. Star 13 nearly touches curl.
50 C. is 1.25 mm. and high, with a large C that is only 0.5 mm. from olive stem. Words of legend are large and crowded with hardly any space between them. DS is a very close 0.5 mm. A-A is 0.75 mm. Reverse used in 1829 (See Rev. G).
Pics 3-4: 1828 O-118.1, PCGS AU58 (Images courtesy of BHNC #228)
Pics 5-6: 1828 O-118.2, PCGS MS65 (Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions)
o 118.1 NO DIE CRACKS [R3]. o 118.2 Die crack rev from base of 50 C. under arrowheads to edge. Another from edge below center pair of olive leaves thru right pair and diagonally across 50 to first crack. Another above TATES OF AMERI. Another from center pair of olives leaves thru left pair, thru left wing tip and UNITE to edge above D. Another thru upper part of D STA [R4].
1828 50C Overton 118
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