1835 - McCloskey 1-B       R3

1835 1-B obverse image 1835 1-B reverse image

Diagnostic Features

Obverse: Block style 8; small flag on 5; shallow upper serif on 1.
Reverse: No berry among the leaves; eagle does not have a tongue; 5 is 40% under arrow feather; D is 20% under branch.

Notes and Die States

Also Breen 6504; first head; small date.

Coin illustrated is PCGS 53, acquired from Heritage January FUN auction 2011, lot #12486.

@Mark S. Ghiorso, ClassicHalfEages.com, December 2017