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Message:: [QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 2707526, member: 46237"]If you're talking about obverse die cracks, there aren't any that are significant for 1834s except for the B-1 post remarriage. The B-3 and B-5 used different obverse and reverse dies, so they aren't going to share any die cracks (or anything else). The only time the obverse is diagnostically relevant for an 1834 is when you need to distinguish between the B-2 and the B-5, since they both share the same proof reverse die. There were 3 different eagle designs used throughout the series. Here are some photos of coins in my collection that illustrate the eagle types: This is the typical eagle you will see on almost every variety (this one is from a large letters reverse). Small variations exist such as whether or not the eagle has a tongue, the size and shape of the arrowheads, and for one variety, the existence of berries on the olive branch, but they all basically look like this:[ATTACH=full]610581[/ATTACH] This is the O/F reverse used briefly when the reverse was changed to reduce the number of lines in the shield stripes from 3 to 2, although this was quickly reverted. This reverse was only used on some 1833 and 1834 dated coins. You'll note that aside from the difference in the number of lines in the shield stripes, the general shape and angle of the eagle's wings, neck, and head are completely different than the above example:[ATTACH=full]610579[/ATTACH] And this is the proof reverse. It looks more like the typical reverse than the O/F reverse, but it's different than both of them. The wing on the left has the shape of the left wing on the typical reverse, but the right wing has a shape more like the O/F reverse. The eagle's brow is flatter and more defined, it has a tongue, and the feather pattern is quite different from the other two eagles. The 1834 B-2 and B-5 both use this proof reverse die:[ATTACH=full]610580[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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