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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 882619, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, it&#039;s JR-2 r.2. The only other 1805, JR-1, is r.3. (5 berries).</p><p><br /></p><p>Another cool distinguishing feature is the <b>arrangement of stars</b>. On this coin, they are arranged in <b>straight lines</b> of 3 coins; on JR-1 they are <b>arced</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A single obverse die served two reverse dies to make two vars. That means all 1805s came from the same obverse die.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Riddle me this, Batman... </b>if all are from the same obverse die, does that mean there are no diagnostics on the obverse of the coins ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Put another way.... of what use is the obverse when attributing these coins ? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> :loud: :vanish:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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