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medium letters Term referring to the size of the lettering of the date on a coin. (Use of this term implies that large or small letters exist for that coin or series.) ...

 


Premium Quality versus average quality; (14) split grades; (15) minor variances such as, open 3 versus closed 3, or micro-mintmark versus regular mintmark, or tall date versus medium date versus small date, or large letters versus medium letters ...

small letters: some coins and varieties may have Small Letters, Medium Letters, or Large Letters.
Small Motto: refers to a scarce 1864 Two Cents variety that has a small "IN GOD WE TRUST" on the obverse.

(15) minor variances in digit size, the most notable being the 1873 open 3 versus closed 3, and 1945-S Mercury Dime micro-mintmark versus regular mintmark; also, tall date versus medium date versus small date, or large letters versus medium letters ...

Term referring to the size of the lettering of the date on a coin. (Use of this term implies that large or medium letters exist for that coin or series.)
Small Motto ...

The following year, this coin type enjoyed a revival of sorts when, at the New Orleans Mint, a Capped Bust reverse die was muled to a Seated Liberty obverse dated 1840, creating the scarce Medium Letters variety.

See also: Grade, Dollar, Silver, Coin, Circulated