So do we have both types of the 1814 amongst us? Here's the plain 4 (s-295).... As an aside, I can remember in another thread we discussed why the obverse of a coin tends to wear more quickly than the reverse. Here's an example of a coin that wore the opposite way, due to a lack of a rim on the reverse at striking -- an exception to that rule. The 1811 Mark posted a few coins up had the same characteristic. Just curious....
Awww, what the heck, let's jump to 1816 tomorrow. Beautiful examples Lance, these Classic Heads are tough.
1816 N-5: She's well-worn AND corroded, but I really like the look of this coin, personally, because of its originality.
Thanks, I liked that coin the second I saw it. Like most of my decisions on coins, frankly. Either they speak to me or they don't. That one did...despite its "problems".