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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24678327, member: 27832&quot;]That&#039;s... actually a really interesting question!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s still an uppercase U (it&#039;s the same size as the other letters), but the <i>typeface</i> has an unusual style for the U. Wikipedia says it&#039;s based on a typeface called &quot;Albertus&quot;, and I agree:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1574163[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="2">By tarrytown - Albertus 481 100_1936, CC BY 2.0, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50505083" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50505083" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50505083</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>At least it doesn&#039;t look like a capital V, the way it does on Peace dollars and Standing Liberty quarters!</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to CoinTalk![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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