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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2181474, member: 66&quot;]Can&#039;t tell you anything about the counterstamp but it is Large Date, Small Stars, small letters with the hub style of 36 with small letters in the outer inscription and large letters for the denomination.&nbsp; N-4 R-2.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are seven varieties in 1834 and only two of them are small stars (N-3 and 4).&nbsp; The small stars have the sixth star pointing just left of the point of the coronet.&nbsp; On all of the large star varieties it points well to the right of the tip of the coronet.&nbsp; To tell 3 and 4 apart look at the point of leaf below the E in AMERICA.&nbsp; On 3 it is right of center of the E, on 4 it is below the right edge of the upright.</p><p><br /></p><p>I never pay too much attention to the large and small letter reverse distinction because the letters are pretty much identical in size.&nbsp; The only real difference is in STATES the TAT is more widely separated at the bases on the small letter varieties.&nbsp; It can be difficult to tell if you don&#039;t have known specimens for a side by side comparison.&nbsp; And since the small letter reverses are also only paired with the small star obverse it is easier to use the stars to identify them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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