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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2004657, member: 68&quot;]It really can be difficult.&nbsp; So long as a coin is a typical large date or small date it&#039;s easy enough but every coin is unique and many of these are anything but typical.&nbsp; The horizon line doesn&#039;t work for me at all and these vary by die and strike characteristics.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a lot of experience differentiating them by the &quot;7&quot; so won&#039;t comment on it.&nbsp; The strenght of the motto doesn&#039;t work because a few sm dt&#039;s are well struck here and many large dates are poorly struck.&nbsp; I use the curl of the &quot;9&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But even if you use the curl there is a medium date coin that shows up in about 2% of mint sets that looks a lot like it.&nbsp; In the old days this medium date was recognized as being distinct but now it is generally considered just another version of the large date. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Once you see a few of these sm dt&#039;s they really aren&#039;t hard to tell apart in hand but photos can still throw me once in a while.&nbsp; Just study a few typical sm dt&#039;s and then they&#039;ll be easy enough to spot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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