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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2515381, member: 66"]If you are going to collect the varieties in a series, get the book that specializes on the varieties of that series. General books on varieties will not be complete (even standard variety references aren't always complete. That 1835 LM-12 mentioned earlier was discovered after the standard reference was published.) and are more likely to contain errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Easy way to spot the 35 LM-12.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are three different types of large 5C. Two of the types have short flags on the 5 (flag is the top of the 5.) The last type has a long flag. The long flag is found only on die DD (found on LM- 7, 8, and 9 all common) and on the reverse of LM-12. On rev DD the B in PLURIBUS is slightly left of being centered below T3. On LM-12 T3 is centered between B and U. So 35 with large 5 long flag, T3 centered between B&U = LM-12[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2515381, member: 66"]If you are going to collect the varieties in a series, get the book that specializes on the varieties of that series. General books on varieties will not be complete (even standard variety references aren't always complete. That 1835 LM-12 mentioned earlier was discovered after the standard reference was published.) and are more likely to contain errors. Easy way to spot the 35 LM-12. There are three different types of large 5C. Two of the types have short flags on the 5 (flag is the top of the 5.) The last type has a long flag. The long flag is found only on die DD (found on LM- 7, 8, and 9 all common) and on the reverse of LM-12. On rev DD the B in PLURIBUS is slightly left of being centered below T3. On LM-12 T3 is centered between B and U. So 35 with large 5 long flag, T3 centered between B&U = LM-12[/QUOTE]
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