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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 6443960, member: 46237"]It's a G reverse 1835. I consider that to be a major variety. A very nice coin. Nothing wrong with it, and it went for a good price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comparing a specific photo for coins of this period like you did does not really work for identifying counterfeits like it does with moderns. The dies were made by hand so you will see a lot of variance between coins and they are all just fine, especially true for bust halves. If you want to get into varieties, that's a different type of collecting altogether. The subtle differences you noticed are referred to as die markers and are used for identifying the variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>As someone pointed out above, this is a B-2. Here is an example from my own collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255632[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 6443960, member: 46237"]It's a G reverse 1835. I consider that to be a major variety. A very nice coin. Nothing wrong with it, and it went for a good price. Comparing a specific photo for coins of this period like you did does not really work for identifying counterfeits like it does with moderns. The dies were made by hand so you will see a lot of variance between coins and they are all just fine, especially true for bust halves. If you want to get into varieties, that's a different type of collecting altogether. The subtle differences you noticed are referred to as die markers and are used for identifying the variety. As someone pointed out above, this is a B-2. Here is an example from my own collection: [ATTACH=full]1255632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1255633[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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