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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 8170258, member: 21705&quot;][ATTACH=full]1427142[/ATTACH]</p><p>I&#039;ve highlighted the diagnostics of Reverse F. Those in Green are Die characteristics along with the tips of the stems. The other Yellow are Die State diagnostics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the overdates of 1800, the stem on the inner berry is almost parallel with the top of ONE which is different than every other reverse and is usually visible on even heavily worn coins and most corroded coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other primary diagnostic was shared with me by Conder many years ago and is the intersection of the stem, inner vine and ribbon almost at the same point where the S-195 and other overdates have the stem intersecting below the intersection of the ribbon and the inner vine.</p><p><br /></p><p>The thin bar often described appears to vary too much from strike and wear to be useful on the lower grades much of the time. A secondary diagnostic is the lowest inner berry on the left points toward the middle of the C(E) rather than to it&#039;s left side. This occurs on Reverses O and P, but not on other overdates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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