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1890-S
Variety 118
Obverse 4.2: Medium Date, Slight Downward Slope, Die Cracks
Reverse D: Small S, [mm Lt,H]
Obverse 4.2 Reverse D
Obverse Diagnostic Point(s) Reverse Diagnostic Point(s)
Comments: After being paired with Medium S reverse die (Reverse E) and suffering some degration, Obverse 4 is paired with Small S Reverse D to produce additional coinage. The obverse die crack from Liberty's foot and through AMERI(CA) well matches the die state on Variety 106a listing.
No cracks are seen on Reverse D during this pairing. Therefore it is assumed that Reverse D was first paired with Obverse 4 followed by a second pairing with Obverse 3. During the Obverse 3 die pairing, Reverse D begins to exhibit die cracks. As a result of locating the Variety 118 plate coin and its diagnostics, I have renamed the Reverse D die states as "D.2" when paired with Obverse 3.
The plate coin was cherrypicked off eBay during October 2012 as the author did not recognize the obverse date position for a Small S 1890-S reverse.
Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, PCGS AU58