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Message:: [QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26498874, member: 104064"]What John McCloskey had discovered on the reverse was the addition of an extra fold to the right ribbon, and the two types have been called "thin ribbon" and "thick ribbon." However, as noted in the previous post, the leaf veins and corn had also been changed for 1900. For 1901, all that changed was the extra fold. The now-known three reverse types are below. I just call them 1, 2 and 3. [ATTACH=full]1689222[/ATTACH] I have no idea why Barber added the fold in 1901 or thought it was important to add, after he had already changed the hub for 1900. One idea is that this extra fold makes it more like the original pattern coin. The reverse on that is identical to the Seated Liberty reverse. To me though, on the Barber dimes it throws off the symmetry. Another idea is that he intended to do all the changes in 1900 and got distracted by other work. There is a tiny mark in the die on many 1900 and 1901 Reverse 2 coins that is exactly where the extra fold ended up. Did he start the ribbon change, or did someone ding the master and he decided to cover it up? Here are some crappy images of the die gouge under the right ribbon.[ATTACH=full]1689228[/ATTACH] More in the next post.[/QUOTE]