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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 175990, member: 2972&quot;]The coin in question sure looks like a &#039;17 from the placement of the head versus the beading near the rim.&nbsp; I&#039;ve included two pictures below to help you make the determination -- note how the head is &quot;over&quot; the beading (-..-..-..-..-) on the 1916 and below the beading on the 1917.&nbsp; This is the easiest way (for me) to tell the difference on low grade coins when the date is not visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>1916:</p><p><img src="http://images.heritagecoin.com/images/HNAI/75/422/422150003o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>1917:</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51169250/original.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another slight difference I noticed is the relative position of the drapery that folds behind the shield and the letter R in liberty -- on the 1917 it is slightly farther to the right, and on the 1916 it is farther left (and almost in line with the right edge of the serif on the left side of the R).&nbsp; I have not found this diagnostic mentioned anywhere else, and am hoping it might be easiier to just look at this feature for attribution on low-grade specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, the coin in question looks to me to be a 1917.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps, and sorry to burst your bubble...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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