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1856

Small Date

Variety 121

 Obverse 20: Repunched 8, Minor Obverse Doubling, High Date, Downward Slope

Reverse U: Perfect Die

        

Obverse 20                                                Reverse U

 

Obverse Diagnostic Point(s)

        

Comments: Obverse 20 can be identified by a high downward sloping date and secondly, a repunched 8 digit. The repunching on the 8 digit is visible directly below the lower loop. This obverse is also doubled, though not as dramatically as Obverses 5, 8 and 9.

Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, AU50

1856 Small Date Varieties 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 106a, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114a, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123

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