I know the odds are very slim, but I just want to make sure that I have a 1917 and not a 1916 SLQ. It's definitely a Type I, with no mint mark, but of course the second half of the date is invisible I heard the differences are in the hair curl and the bottom of the robe. I looked at a number of examples online, but I would rather get opinions from people who know far more what they are talking about.
I'm not surprised and I knew the odds were low, but some of the pictures I saw left me wanting to verify just in case one of those one in a billion things might happen. Now I can put it back with the rest of the junk silver... By the way, I didn't buy it, it was in a pile of SLQs that someone gave to me sometime in the past. I had never really looked at them, then I noticed a Type I among them. So no loss. Thank you for confirming!
I go by the split in the ribbon, its the easiest pick up point for me. If it is split close to liberty, its a 1917, if further down its a 1916.
Some other pickup points: if you can see the rivets on the shield, it’s almost always a 1917. If the details on the faces of the walls are crisp/not weak, it’s usually a 1917. Out of curiosity, what is that big arc in the right obverse field? Is it damage or is it a die crack or a retained cud of some sort?
