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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KurtS, post: 493837, member: 11786&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">As a bit of useful info, there is a way to confirm an 1856 FE cent using diagnostics other than the actual date. Such details are seldom attempted by those who manipulate the date, and are unique to the 1856 obverse type. Every obverse die made for 1856 will show these details (including the 1857 type of 1856 which is not an overdate). Below I have compared an 1856 FE to the large letters type used from 1857-58.</font></span></font></font></p><p>&nbsp; <font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>1.</b> For 1856, the inner shape of the O within &quot;OF&quot; is rectangular, particularly in the upper edge. Compare this to the more oval shape post-1856. Because this shape varies between strike, it must be confirmed by:</font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>2.</b> On 1856 FE cents, the middle serif of F in OF has an <i>exaggerated </i>lower point with concavity on the outer edge of the flare. The normal 1857 has a straight outer edge with a less pronounced lower serif.</font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"></font></span><b>3.</b> The lower apex of the M in AMERICA for 1856 is thin with a bulbous end; the normal 1857 M is a point more widely centered between serifs.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3131/3170853547_3d9cf4ee43_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Arial"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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