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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 916728, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, this is <b>N-1 1823/2</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>With these Middle Dates, normally the best reverse die indicators are the leaf points under D, S2, F, an C(A). Unfortunately, for the only two known original reverse dies, these leaf positions are very similar and it&#039;s hard to tell on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar story on the obverse - the orientation of star 6 with the coronet point is diagnostic - but for 1823, they are so similar that it doesn&#039;t help.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, there are two additional diagnostics. For the reverse, look at the leaftip under E3 (in AMERICA); in the overdate N-1, it is on the left side of E&#039;s upright, while on N-2 it is near the center of the upright. On the overdate&#039;s obverse, the top curl of the 3 bends around and points almost flat &quot;due east&quot;, while on the normal date N-2 it points southeast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most importantly, the underdate &quot;2&quot; is sometimes pretty clear, though it&#039;s hard to see on this one. The other diagnostics confirm it&#039;s an overdate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congratulations on a truly tricky date ! Very, very tough in higher grades. Nice work, Matt ! :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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