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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 894671, member: 21705&quot;]There are several significant major items in 1798 which help us to group them by Obverse into smaller and more manageable numbers for identifying it&#039;s die varieties. These were identified by Sheldon. Dates aren&#039;t important for these examples from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Perfect Date or Overdate - Self Explanatory. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. Small 8 or Large 8 - The punch of the last 8 of the date became significantly smaller during the year. Small 8 is about the same size as the 9.</p><p><br /></p><p>Small 8</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/SmallEight.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Large 8 - The 8 is significantly larger than the 9.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/LargeEight.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Style 1 or Style 2 Lettering. The letters were strengthened from a delicate to massive design most notable at the serifs of L and E and the tail of the R became more rounded and upright.</p><p><br /></p><p>Style 1 Lettering</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/Style1Lettering.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Style 2 Lettering - notice the much longer serifs on L and E and more upright and rounded R tail.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/Style2Lettering-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>4. Style 1 Hair or Style 2 Hair. There is an extra curl on style 2 hair which is not present on style 1 hair. It is more easily shown than described.</p><p><br /></p><p>Style 1 Hair</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/Style1Hair.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Style 2 Hair</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i788.photobucket.com/albums/yy168/MBryant31958/Style2Hair.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This leads to six groupings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Group 1. <b>Style 1 Lettering</b>, Style 1 Hair, Large 8s, Obverses 1-6</p><p>Group 2. Overdates (actually a sub group of Group 3) Obverses 7-8</p><p>Group 3. Style 2 Lettering, Style 1 Hair, Large 8s&nbsp; Obverses 9-10</p><p>Group 4. Style 2 Lettering, Style 1 Hair, Small 8s&nbsp; Obverses 11-20</p><p>Group 5. Style 2 Lettering, Style 2 Hair, Large 8s&nbsp; Obverses 21</p><p>Group 6. Style 2 Lettering, Style 2 Hair, Small 8s&nbsp; Obverses 22-34[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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