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Message:: [QUOTE="John Burgess, post: 7420343, member: 105098"]There's a type 1 used in 1873 and 1874, and a type 2 used from 1875 onward in combination with the Type 1 pairings. I know this much. Look I seriously think this S reverse picture earlier in this thread corrupted objectivity and has biased many's opinions on it. That reverse of the S mint coin is NOT a type 1. I'm not going to give my opinion because I'm far from an expert on this subject, but comparing an apple to an orange is bad practice to authenticate anything. Much of what you say is accurate and good practice, but on this coin, you are using a type 2 reverse and not the type 1 which is standard and the only reverse used in 1873 and this is what I find fault with in your message. all known 1873 dies have the arrow between the 2 and the zero, and so does the OPs coin. the liberty ribbon tips also point left on type 1 obverse, so does the OPs coin. there is a weak spot in the denticles between 12 and 1,  but other than that I see no fault there either. There is some slight spacing issues I have to some devices, but I can't write that off as counterfeit either, when it could be die wear and circulation wear as to how it manifested. I'm still not making a judgement on whether it's real or counterfeit, these pictures are too small to make this judgement in my opinion, but from what I have seen of the obverse, reverse, and coin edge now, there is nothing that's blatantly screaming counterfeit at me.[/QUOTE]