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heraldic eagle reverse dies h10 through $1 - reiver - nnp

LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

can anyone make heads or tails out of precise what we are looking at?

https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/616189

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  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,818 ✭✭✭✭✭

    From "Appendix A" in the Jules Reiver book The United States Early Silver Dollars 1794 to 1803:

    "Appendix A:
    Location Numbers for Heraldic Eagle Dollars Reverse Dies

    A few years ago, my friend Eric Newman asked for a method to determine if other reverse dies than those we knew of, were used on both gold and other coins in the early years. I suggested a numbering system...
    ...#1 is the relation of the 12th star and the Eagle's beak..."

    Reiver's numbering system was developed before digital photography, which eventually reduced the need for the numbering because of overlays, enlarged images, etc.

    The only shared Heraldic Eagle working dies between silver and gold denominations are 7 reverse dies used on both dimes and quarter eagles. Half dollars have no shared working dies with $10 eagles, but they do share two 1799 reverse master dies and some hubs made from these - this information can be found on the NNP in a JRJ article I wrote in June 2007.

    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver

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