1858-S

Variety 103

 Obverse 3 : Medium Date, Downward Slope

Reverse B : Medium S, [mm C,C]

        

Obverse 3                                                 Reverse B

 

Obverse Diagnostic Point(s)                  Reverse Diagnostic Point(s)

          

Comments: I have found the Obverse 3 and Reverse B die pair to be the most available of the three varieties. On Obverse 3, the date slopes downward. Scott Grieb presented this variety in a November, 1992 Gobrecht Journal article.

Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, PCGS EF40

1858-S Varieties 101, 102, 103

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