Just for fun I thought I would post what I have. An almost complete 1834 Die Variety Set, I am missing 2 of the 9 known. The last two are fairly common, I have been focusing on the much more difficult 1835 Varieties. If anyone has the last two I can post them in this post to complete the reference set. As time allows I will update this post with some of the diagnostics for each variety; for now I'll test you guys to see if you can come up with what makes each one different. McCloskey 1A McCloskey 2A: Missing McCloskey 2B McCloskey 2C: Missing McCloskey 3A McCloskey 3B McCloskey 3C McCloskey 4C McCloskey 5D
Just from a quick glance, I noticed the date placement is different on several and the placement of "5 D." is also different on others. I imagine the rest of the legends also have placement differences. :kewl: Nice set! :thumb: Ribbit
Really nice set man. The second to last one looks like it has a berry between the leaves. I remember reading something about that a while back. And it may just be me but the arrows look small on the last one. Edit: The curl in front of the ear looks thinner on the first one than the rest.
Bump, sorry it took so long to get the diagnostics in and I did not realize we cannot edit our own posts after a certain amount of time. So below is the original post with the updated diagnostics. There are many more diagnostics but I provided enough to identify all of the known 1834 half eagle varieties. Please feel free to use this thread as a resource. ------------------------------------------------------Original Post Below Just for fun I thought I would post what I have. An almost complete 1834 Die Variety Set, I am missing 2 of the 9 known. The last two are fairly common, I have been focusing on the much more difficult 1835 Varieties. If anyone has the last two I can post them in this post to complete the reference set. As time allows I will update this post with some of the diagnostics for each variety; for now I'll test you guys to see if you can come up with what makes each one different. McCloskey 1A Diagnostics: Obverse: Script 8 - "4" close to curl Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 2A: Missing Diagnostics: Obverse: "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 2B Diagnostics: Obverse: "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has no tongue McCloskey 2C: Missing Diagnostics: Obverse: Block 8, "4" is triple cut and distant from the curl Reverse: Small bud in the branches, Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 3A Diagnostics: Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl Reverse: No bud in branches, Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 3B Diagnostics: Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl Reverse: No bud in the branches, Eagle has no tongue McCloskey 3C Diagnostics: Obverse: Script 8, "4" distant from curl Reverse: Small bud between upper and middle branch (can't see in this photo), Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 4C Diagnostics: Obverse: Block 8, "4" touches curl Reverse: Small bud between upper and middle branch, Eagle has a tongue McCloskey 5D Diagnostics Obverse: Script 8, Crosslet "4" Reverse: No bud between branches, eagle has no tongue
This is a great thread, with some fine photos and educational material to boot! Beautiful, original coins.
