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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2222192, member: 19463&quot;]Overall we find the mints added little things like dots or changed from a crescent to a star when they wanted to separate an issue from the one before it.&nbsp; The US did this on seated liberty silver when a small weight change was marked by arrows or rays.&nbsp; We don&#039;t always know why Rome did it.&nbsp; It might have been something completely strange like coins made in one month or by one crew but what we know for sure is that they were not consistent every time and there are many codes we will never understand.&nbsp; Did the dot indicate that the alloy used was reduced/increased in silver, that the silver came from a different source, that the dies were made by freemen or slaves....we don&#039;t know in many cases and never will.&nbsp; One respected expert claims that some dots were placed on some dies just to fill a space.&nbsp; I do not believe him.&nbsp; The coins below have zero, one and two dots at the end of the reverse legend.&nbsp; I would love to know why.&nbsp; Does two dots have anything to do with poor spelling? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]435405[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]435406[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]435407[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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