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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1641906, member: 15309&quot;]There are several ways to differentiate a 1916 from a 1917 on a dateless coin.&nbsp; From Cline, they are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; On the high grades, the gown drapes below the edge of the ship&#039;s sideboards</p><p>2)&nbsp; The gown folds are different along Miss Liberty&#039;s leg.&nbsp; (Does not touch leg)</p><p>3)&nbsp; Here gown is incused instead of raised, as on the 1917 and later coins in the right hand area.</p><p>4)&nbsp; (The one yours truly likes best of all)&nbsp; The reed above Miss Liberty&#039;s head is cut in half to make room for her head.&nbsp; I like this one best as you can tell in very low grades.</p><p>5)&nbsp; Miss Liberty&#039;s great toe slightly overlaps the base and, facing the coin, Miss Liberty&#039;s gown touches the left side of her foot and is not as curved at the bottom as the 1917 Type 1 or any other date.&nbsp; On the altered date, her gown does indeed touch the foot, and the bottom edge of the gown is much more rounded.</p><p>6)&nbsp; Fingers are &quot;mushed&quot; together on 1916, small and separated on the 1917 Type 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best way to learn how to recognize these differences is to start by comparing mint state coins and then move to the lower circulated grades.&nbsp; Shown below is a photo of a high grade 1916, 1917 and a well worn 1916.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B5%2F7%2F5%2F8%2F5758224%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://dyn3.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B9%2F0%2F4%2F7%2F9047859%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B8%2F8%2F9%2F9%2F8899490%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you can post a photo of the coin in question, a quick comparison using these guidelines should provide you with the answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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