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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RedRaider, post: 1459243, member: 27181&quot;]Here is a gist of the 1877 and other dates around 1877 with the weak &quot;N&quot; reverse.&nbsp; The reverse is not weak in the center area, it is just the way the hub was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at CN IHC&#039;s minted between 1863 and 1864, they will exhibit the same &quot;weakness&quot; that is mistaken for the reverse die of the &quot;shallow N&quot;.&nbsp; These same reverse dies were used up until 1870 where there is a mix of &quot;Bold N&quot;, &quot;Shallow N&quot; and a combination of the &quot;Bold N&quot; and &quot;Shallow N&quot;.&nbsp; The combination of both is a result of a reworked hub and is classified as a doubled die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The picture below represents the &quot;Shallow N&quot; reverse and it is found on dates 1863-1869, some 1870&#039;s, very few (rare!) 1871&#039;s, a few 1872&#039;s and exclusively on the circulation strike of 1877.&nbsp; Notice in the picture that the serifs in the letters &quot;E&quot; in ONE and CENT have a shape that looks like a sideways &quot;T&quot;.&nbsp; The arrows point to what Im referring to.</p><p>[ATTACH]181951.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an example of the reworked hub that produced a combination of the Bold N and Shallow N.&nbsp; Note the serifs are different, one is from the &quot;Shallow N&quot; and one is from the &quot;Bold N&quot; designs.&nbsp; Sorry, I do not have a Mint State example of this one, but the pic clearly shows what I am referring to.</p><p>[ATTACH]181952.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bold N Reverse is found in 1870, 1871, 1872, and was used exclusively in dates 1873-1876, 1878-1909.&nbsp; Notice how the shape of the serifs look more like the horn on a bugle.&nbsp; Agian, look where the arrows point to see what I am talking about.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]181950.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some 1877 Counterfeit detection pointers are</p><p>1.) Bold N reverse.&nbsp; The Bold N was used on the proofs in 1877, however there are maybe just a handful floating around as circulated pieces.&nbsp; </p><p>2.) If the shape of the serif is &quot;bugle-like&quot;, someone has altered the coin to make the &quot;N&quot; look weak.</p><p>3.) On poorly counterfeited coins the last feather on the obverse points between the C and the A in AMERICA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps understand the differences of the reverse types.</p><p><br /></p><p>RR[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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