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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 393771, member: 66&quot;]I assume what you are talking about is the slight dimpling of the bottom edge of the letter under the uprights.&nbsp; That is called bifurcation and is the result of incomplete filling of the uprights of the letters due to a slight weakness in the strike.&nbsp; It is fairly common in Bust halves and can also be found on most of the other screwpress struck coinages.&nbsp; In some cases it is just slight such as on this coin, on others it reaches up into the uprights.&nbsp; On matron head cents ot sometimes takes on a square notched appearance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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