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Variety 102a

 Obverse 1.3: Doubled Date and Stars, High Date, Slight Downward Slope, Die Crack Stars 5 - 7

Reverse B: Large O, Die Spur on (O)F, [mm Rt,H,TL2]

        

Obverse 1.3                                              Reverse B

 

Obverse Diagnostic Point(s)                    Reverse Diagnostic Point(s)

        

        

        

Comments: While Obverse 1 is paired with Reverse B, strike doubling is once again evident per the discovery dime submitted by Dale Miller in late December 2009. Dale noted that his 1857-O dime with strike doubling was not paired with a shattered reverse (Reverse A) but rather Reverse B with the die spur on (O)F.

Though the F-102a variety does exhibit the strike doubling on the date and stars, it does not quality for the Top 100 Varieties set. To be eligible for inclusion, the variety must be F-101 with obverse strike doubling and the shattered reverse.

Plate Coin: Courtesy of Dale Miller Collection, AU55

1857-O Varieties 101, 101a, 102, 102a, 103, 103a, 104, 105, 106, 107, 107a

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