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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 6317497, member: 105098&quot;]The way early coins were made is very different than those produced today.</p><p>Prior to the use of a steam powered press, each coin was produced by 3 to 4 men on a hand operated screw press.</p><p>Each die, both obverse and reverse were created by the Mint engraver by punching in each element by hand, from the dentils of the border to the individual numbers of the date, stars on the obverse, and the denomination and legends of the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Due to this, the position of each of these items in relationship to each other are different for every die produced. the Overton number is a identified variety by the placement of elements. sort of like a VAM or something I guess in a way.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Look at this</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1813-50c-overton-108/39469" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1813-50c-overton-108/39469" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1813-50c-overton-108/39469</a></p><p>Take a good look at the 3 examples, all 3 examples of Overton 108, as far as the bust are concerned look a bit different, and it looks different from the one in the link you posted also. That&#039;s that olden day, hands craftmanship of die making and pressing LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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