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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26543813, member: 104064&quot;][USER=82181]@samclemens3991[/USER] The reverse design was adapted from Longacre&#039;s Seated Liberty dime reverse but it is not the same. As I mentioned in the other thread, the 1891 pattern coin for the Barber dime just used a Seated Liberty reverse die. Presumably Barber wanted a &quot;proof of concept&quot; for the obverse design and hadn&#039;t gotten around to the reverse yet. I don&#039;t think it was ever intended to be exactly the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;holes&quot; (circular indents) you speak of are just the round gaps between the lobes of the oak leaves. I don&#039;t think it was intentional other than that&#039;s what oak leaves look like. For Rev2 and Rev3 (1900+) it does seem that Barber added a stronger curve to the lobe gap on an underlying leaf, and the way it aligns with the curve of the overlying leaf makes it appear like a perfect circular &quot;hole&quot; depending on the strike. Others have noted this. Below is a 1901 on the left and an 1898 on the right. I&#039;m talking about the circular feature in the bottom center of the images. Whether Barber deliberately made that spot look like a hole, who knows. It is a little odd. You may note all the other subtle differences with leaf shapes and the veins </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1691668[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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