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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2974403, member: 24314&quot;]Conder101, posted:&nbsp; &quot;By the way the earliest example of a <b>designer &quot;signing&quot;</b> has work on US coins was John Reich starting in 1807.&nbsp; Not initials, but on half dollar dies he created he had <b>a star punch that had a notch on one of the points</b>.&nbsp; He used a normal punch for the first 12 stars, and the punch with the notched point on the 13th star.&nbsp; Usually oriented so it is on the notched point is the one closest to the rim.&nbsp; Not so much signing the design, which he created<b>, but signing the dies that he made</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is also some opinion that the design on the drapery clasp on the capped bust coins is a stylized JR.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Where did <b>THIS <span style="color: #660066">theory</span></b> come from?&nbsp; I have seen it stated before. Do you know who came up with this and when?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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