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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 131752, member: 4626"]Compared the coin and the scan of the coin to this picture:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=409&Lot_No=8047#photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=409&Lot_No=8047#photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=409&Lot_No=8047#photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The lips seem to compare normally to this one, allowing for wear. The 1835 in this auction looks a bit different than the 1825 picture on Coin Facts, especially the size and shape of the date, the shape and size of the lips, and the angle of the nose. The star size, shap and placement on this 1835 look the same as on the coin I have, though the stars are flattened on mine, imagine that's just normal wear though. The denticles are completely worn off of mine, not sure if that's normal wear or not, but based on the wear on the stars suppose that could be normal wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not seeing any differences at all on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody sees anything I'm missing let me know... ignoring my coin completely though I see lots of differences between the obverse of an 1825 half and an 1835 half.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 131752, member: 4626"]Compared the coin and the scan of the coin to this picture: [url]http://coins.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=409&Lot_No=8047#photo[/url] The lips seem to compare normally to this one, allowing for wear. The 1835 in this auction looks a bit different than the 1825 picture on Coin Facts, especially the size and shape of the date, the shape and size of the lips, and the angle of the nose. The star size, shap and placement on this 1835 look the same as on the coin I have, though the stars are flattened on mine, imagine that's just normal wear though. The denticles are completely worn off of mine, not sure if that's normal wear or not, but based on the wear on the stars suppose that could be normal wear. Not seeing any differences at all on the reverse. If anybody sees anything I'm missing let me know... ignoring my coin completely though I see lots of differences between the obverse of an 1825 half and an 1835 half.[/QUOTE]
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