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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2473500, member: 66&quot;]Not all that easy.&nbsp; When I first saw this I would have sworn it was a small letters.&nbsp; I tend to look at the spacing and gaps between the letters in TAT.&nbsp; On the small letters they are well separated, especially the TA, and the A has a small left foot serif.&nbsp; On the large letters they are close and the A has a long left foot serif.&nbsp; It looked to me like a small letter.&nbsp; Well there is only one small letter rev in 1829 and it is used on N-3,5, and 9.&nbsp; Problem.&nbsp; None of the obvs for 3, 5, or 9 match the OP coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I started checking some of the other leaf positions.&nbsp; The leaf point below the second T in STATES is a little right of center.&nbsp; That is only true on the revs of 4,7 (same die), and 8.&nbsp; On all the other varieties that point is to the right of the T.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On the rev of 4,7 the point of the leaf is below the upright of the R in AMERICA.&nbsp; On N-8 it is right of center of the R.&nbsp; This is N-8 (The obv also confirms this, N-8 is the only one with the point of the sixth star noticeably to the left of the point of the coronet. It is very slightly left on the obv of N-1,4 and 5 which are all the same obv die. )&nbsp; N-8 is a large letter rev.&nbsp; The strange thing is on N-8 the feet of TA are close together and the A has a long left foot.&nbsp; On this coin the foot of the A is short and they are well apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a close look at that left foot and see if there is any damage to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I don&#039;t like using letter size to attribute.&nbsp; It can often be hard to tell one from another unless they are REALLY different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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