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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lkeigwin, post: 1407585, member: 30400&quot;]There are two varieties for the O, as Doug points out. The weak, doubled-to-the-left and the sharper variety two. The D was usually well struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the diagnostics is color. Assuming the coin wasn&#039;t cleaned the New Orleans half eagle had an unattractive green-gold appearance. It is also frosty and not so lustrous on circulated pieces. Don&#039;t know if that helps.</p><p><br /></p><p>The O is not all that rare in low grade. But it is highly collectible as it is the only half eagle in the series from New Orleans and their last gold coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know of any D over D variety for 1909. But I&#039;m no specialist with this series. Odds are high it is a D simply because of the numbers. But it is worth having graded and identified.</p><p>Lance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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