Obverse: Attributes: Doubled 18-3. doubled and notched 1 at top left and bottom of flag and doubled at right vertical bar. first 8 doubled at bottom left outside loop. 3 doubled at lower inside loop and at upper ball. Overlapped reeding at 9:00, 6:00, 5:00 or 4:00 o'clock. Markers: Distinctive line in upper region of hair swirl. Two paired vertical lines in cap fold. Three divergent lines extend from lower right husk of right boll. Polishing beveling behind curl at tragus. Line upper right serif of I and upper left serif R of LIBERTY. Three horizontal lines in forehead curl void. |
Reverse: Attributes: Mint mark set left, high, and tilted left. Markers: Horizontal lines cross inside bow loop. Metal dot at upper left inside of mint mark loop. Doubled nostril. Doubled lower arrow shaft at the right foot. Doubled upper arrow feathers. Metal dots at end of main feather that protrudes into left wing gap. Two lines/metal between left wing tip and denticle. One line/metal between right wing tip and denticle. |
Comments: Overlapped reeds my occur at multiple locations and rotations. The 7 and 26 bases appear to be minted by the same die pair. |
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Silver Dye: [ V26 Series ] [ V26A Base ] [ V26A XXXX ] |