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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 2783664, member: 21705&quot;]Let me provide you with a better comparison photo of the variety then. There are six known obverses for the 1796 Liberty Caps with 7 reverses making up 11 known varieties or pairings. The original posting is obverse 1 paired with the first two reverses which make up varieties S-81 and S-82.</p><p><br /></p><p>Subject Photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644668[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is Obverse 1 according to Sheldon which is Breen Obverse 2. (I know this gets confusing, but I believe Breen was jealous of Sheldon&#039;s notoriety and wanted his own system to replace Sheldon&#039;s so he changed it quite a bit)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 1</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644667[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the left foot of the L just touches the cap which is a diagnostic for determining a particular die used in the making of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other photos you used to compare it to are likely not that particular die which is a reason why it might look fake. But the size of the portrait is not different though the strike may be much better or worse giving it more or less depth.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the other dies used that year for Caps:</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 2</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644673[/ATTACH]</p><p>Note that the L is very close but NOT touching the cap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 3</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644674[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the L is a little bit further away from the cap and the 6 is substantially lower.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 4</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644675[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is similar from Obverse 1, but not the same. Note the spacing between 9 and 6 as the most obvious of several diagnostics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 5</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644677[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is similar to Obverse 2 with L close to, but not touching the cap, but the 6 and the 1 just touch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse 6</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644678[/ATTACH]</p><p>Note the L is just touching, but the date is spaced differently. Of particular note is the spacing to the point of the curl and the hair above the 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>All these are legitimate obverses and all have the L closer to the cap than on most 93-95s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me welcome you to the world of early date variety collecting where your sharp and astute observations will serve you well.</p><p><br /></p><p>These early dates have a much greater variety of differences than coins minted after the perfection of whole hub master dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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