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Message:: [QUOTE="rld14, post: 487950, member: 16133"]Forgot to answer, my bad.  There's quite a few differences, but this becomes another "Bill nitpicks insane tiny details" trains of thought. So I ask for your forgiveness upfront <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Best I can do picwise is steal some off of Heritage's site, I can't take coin pics to save my life as you may have seen and 9pm on a Saturday night is not a good time to get into my safe deposit box to grab mine anyways. 1916:  Notice that Liberty has a different face, it's very slight, but you see it in her nose. Notice also that Liberty's head hits the denticles, on the 1917 the denticles clear her head Olive branch that she's holding is different The letters "L I B E R T Y" are smack up against the denticles on the 16, there's some space on the 17. Her right leg is fatter on the 16, on the 17 she has ankles. Her gown has numerous differences, look at the pictures, easiest places to see the differences are above the "E" in "WE" and to the left of her bare foot, or to her right of her right foot, you'll see substantial differences in the lower folds of her gown. An awful lot of people are of the opinion that the 1916 was really a Pattern that they ended up striking a number of.  The rarity of the 1916 is that the Philadelphia mint only started striking them midway through December, 1916.  On top of that, these coins weren't even released until mid January 1917. Take a close look at the pics, you'll see what I mean.[/QUOTE]

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