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1841-O
Variety 104
Obverse 3: Medium Level Date
Reverse D: Medium O, [mm Rt,H,TR], Die Crack STAT(ES), Clashed Die
Obverse 3 Reverse D
Obverse Diagnostic Point(s) Reverse Diagnostic Point(s)
Comments: A small die crack is visible from rock to rim at the right side of date on Obverse 3. Weakness in the lower shield is typical for this date.
Reverse D exhibits a die crack at STAT(ES). There are very faint cracks from the letters in A(MERI)CA to rim.
Reverse D will again be employed by the New Orleans mint during 1842, resulting in one of the three major shattered reverses for the 1842 production year.
Plate Coin: G. Fortin Collection, PCGS AU55 CAC Green, Greer Plate Coin