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Message:: [QUOTE="proofartoncircs, post: 1120031, member: 25952"]The first photo, which showed two normally good checkpoints, was not clear enough for me to make a judgement. A lighing adjustment might make a difference.  There is a band in the shape of an "X" located between the eagle's feet tying the the arrows together. On type A and B there is an incuse lines outlining this ribbon. I don't know for sure, but strongly suspect this was a personnel mark put there by Chief Engraver, John R. Sinnock. On the type C, the tailfeathers have a centerline in relief. It is a good PUP when the coin is in hand and you can rotate it, but I find photos sometimes fail you. The second photo showed an area where I am not familiar with any checkpoints to distinguish type A from type C. On the third photo, the leaf just to the right of the bottom arrow head barb would extend higher on a type C than a type A. (By the way I just made a discovery. The Cherrypickers' Guide in the individulal entries for the different dates of type B shows a picture of the arrowheads that is NOT a type B. I always assumed it was a type A by mistake. I now see it is a type C.) For correct pictures of types A, B and C, see page 152 (only) of the fourth edition volume II of the CPG.[/QUOTE]