Tail

Tail-Bar A variety of 1890-CC silver dollar has a raised die line or bar from the eagle's tail to the wreath.
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Threes Three-dollar gold pieces.

Tail feathers
Refers to the tail feathers on the Eagle on the reverse of certain U.S. coins. Particularly, the Morgan Silver Dollar.
Target toning ...

Iron tail sometimes does not know where he was born: Denver or San Francisco. Some coins have both mintmarks on the back. At least He knows that he came from the West Coast.

Rabbit-Tail
Wind River Reservation, population 2,650 Eastern Shoshone, 2,268,008 acres (9,178 km²) of reservation in Wyoming are shared with the Northern Arapaho ...

tail - the reverse or back side of a coin three cent piece - common term used for the US coin with the value of three cents. Two different metals were used for these coins back in the 1800's.

Head and tail of fish (tunny ?). [B. M. C., Mysia, Pl. III. 21.]
Rude incuse square.
AR 220 grs.

VAM 42 - 7 tail feathers
PCI MS62
References
Van Allen, Leroy C. and A. George Mallis. Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan & Peace Dollars, 4th ed. Worldwide Ventures, Inc. 1991 ...

tail - the reverse or back side of a coin third party grading - third party grading services will grade and/or certify coins as genuine. Often the coin will be encapsulated in a plastic holder (or slab) by the grading service to protect it.

For the reverse (tail) of the gold coin it recommended an image of an Indian girl bearing corn, but urged deleting the phrase "a gift from our harvest." That came after Alexander suggested that Smith had stolen corn from the Indians.

Some tell tail signs of this condition are:
1. When news of a new world class Disneyland attraction is rumored, the "Advanced Collector" can’t wait until morning to run to the new attraction ....and look for a new penny press machine.
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Reverse O mintmark tall and shapely, well centered between the eagle's tail feathers and the N below, over the center of that letter.

distinct] Head and Tail of King William, which you know are very many; all those of the same King, which look any Thing whitish, To ease the situation the Mayor and Aldermen of New York took the following steps.

The curve of the necks and the incredible minuteness showing the eyes and bills, the wing feathering and under tail on the forward goose, the breast portion of the wing on the far goose and all four legs slightly angled, is truly remarkable.

The right 'tail' of this cord seems to drape over the sunshine device in the mintmark making it look like a bridge railing to those who fail to observe closely. The sun is one of five symbols used in this position on coins of this mint.

REVERSE OF 1879: After using up the 8 Tail Feathers and 7/8 Tail Feathers dies, the Mint finally settled down to the anatomically correct 7 Tail Feathers version. However, two additional problems required a fix.

The artist himself identified two of the models as Chief Iron Tail, a Sioux and Chief Two Moons, a Cheyenne. Unfortunately, Fraser had trouble remembering the names of his models.

A coin has a head and a tail. The coins above all show their tails. British coins' heads always show the head of the current monarch.

The Native American depiction on the coin's obverse is believed to be based on three different Indian chiefs - two of whom were named by the designer as Chief Iron Tail and Chief Two Moons - who modeled for Fraser as he sculpted its design.

There are some genuinely head/head or tail/tail error coins out there. For these coins to be made there has to be some "fiddling" going on with the presses at the mint for the "special" coin to be struck. Often these coins are in top grade.

pennies are good starters, using the tail side. The columns of the Lincoln Memorial are easy to line up. The columns appear to have greater depth than if viewed alone.
Don't focus on the actual coins. Focus on the composite image in between.

A rare example of "Touch-up Engraving Doubling" on the eagle's tail-feathers on a 1953 proof Washington quarter. Notice that the original feathers were polished down so far that they virtually disappeared.

Also, on the same image, the horse's tail is a simple line drawing, which is inconsistent with the style of any Republican denarii of this period that I have seen. The tail will normally be drawn fully filled in and looking somewhat 3-dimensional.

centered slightly to left losing tail of horse, name clear above, even dark brown patina, SCARCE type for him, Very Fine....$65 Photo
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Have you ever seen a tail on the back of a coin? Neither have I, but most coins actually do have a head. We call the head side of the coin the obverse. The other side, (the one without the tail) is the reverse.
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A name used for the coin's head and tail
Gold
The first metal known to man and the oldest metal used for coins. Pure gold is relatively soft, which is why it is usually alloyed with copper and silver.

They were Chief Iron Tail of the Lakota Sioux and Chief Two Moons of the Cheyenne.

Soon after production began, someone advised the Mint that the eagle should have seven tail feathers, instead of the eight being shown, and Linderman ordered this change.

Lion lying on its haunches to the left, but lion looking forward; bushy tail:"Whirling Emblem" with scrolls above lion. All enclosed in a 12-mm diametercircle surrounded by eight connected fleurets, each containing Tibetan script.

Collectors today will find a typical weakness on the eagle's tail feathers even on Mint State specimens and regardless of the date. Fully struck tail feathers are exceptions that often command significant premiums.

The former is often preferred in non-tail-recursive languages, and languages in which recursion over lists is for some other reason uncomfortable.

On mint state coins that are weakly struck on the head or tail of the eagle or on the reverse wreath, it is imperative that mint luster be present on all areas of the design. Flying Eagle cents have been extensively counterfeited.

Mintmarks The mintmark is found below the eagle's tail. Mintmarks include:
* None (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* O (New Orleans Mint in New Orleans, Louisiana)
* S (San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, California) ...

Eagle flying right, carrying snake in beak, its body wrapped around eagle's tail / F-A, winged thunderbolt, all in circular incuse. SNG Berry 806 (same obverse die). Cf. SNG Lockett 2388 (same obverse die, but different reverse type). Seltman -.

3 - The "3" in 1943 has the same long tail as the "steelies."
4 - The quality of the strike is exceptionally sharp especially around the rim because the bronze coin was struck with the same higher pressure as the steel pennies.

Mintmarks, a small "D" and "S" are located on the reverse just below ONE close to the tail feathers. No mintmark represents the Philadelphia mint, the "D" is used by the Denver mint and the "S" indicates the San Francisco mint produced the coin.

Naked ithyphallic Satyr with horse's feet, ears, and tail, seizing by the wrist a Maenad clothed in a sleeveless chiton; pellets in field.
Incuse square divided into four triangular parts (Fig. 115).
AR Stater, 154 grs.; ½ Stater, 77 grs.

There may always be deviations from the generic description. For example, a common characteristic of reverse type C is that the eagle has 1-3-1 tail feathers; however, variants with 1-2-1 tail feathers are known as well.

Heavy serif on the 5. Smaller fish-tail serif on the 3.
P53M.6H
5 is more upright and serif barely noticeable. 3 has a thin wedge serif.

*OC033 Lion. Similar, diff. style tail. (or perhaps the tail was broken off) just slightly lighter. c. 317 grams $90 [image]
*OC034 Duck. c. 318 grams $50 [image]
*OC035 Duck c. 161 grams $40 [image] ...

Mostly untoned. There is a small scratch by the eagle's tail.
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1928-D Standing Lib. Quarter MS-64 PCGS ...

Depicted as kneeling devil is President Raymond Poincaré of France whose name is around the tail. Above his head is a verse from the biblical ethical teachings of Ben Sira: ...

coins that are variations of the original coin design are considered varieties. Alteration of the Morgan's tail feathers are an example of a Morgan variety.
Vis-a-vis
Descriptive of a double portrait in which two heads face one another.

The front or head of a coin is called the Obverse and the back or tail of a coin is called the Reverse.

Reverse - Technically the side of the coin that is face down when the coin is struck but usually (and correctly) used to describe the 'Tail' side which doesn't have the monarch on it and is usually considered of less importance than the 'Head'.

satyr - a male companion of the Greek wine god Dionysos or his Roman counterpart Bacchus, usually depicted as part animal, with the tail or ears of a goat.
scipio - eagle-tipped scepter, a consular insignia of Byzantine emperors.

Obv: IOVΛIA Î"O[MNA CE]
Draped bust right.
Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩC [ΠPOC ICT]
Peacock standing facing, head right, tail feathers spread.
(Varbanov 2865) ...

Trajan drachm - Regnal Year 13, 109 - 110 AD (L I G in reverse fields)(33.5 mm, 19.65 g)
Obv: Laureate head right. AYT TPAIAN C-EB GEPM DAKIK
Rev: Egyptian sphinx with uraeus tail, ...

The motif presented difficulties in striking, particularly with regard to the head and tail of the eagle on the obverse.

Chief Iron Tail, a Lakota Sioux, and Chief Two Moons, a Cheyenne, were two of the American Indians. The third is unknown as Fraser could only recall the name of two of his subjects.

The three Indian models were Chief John Big Tree, a Seneca; Chief Two Moons, a Cheyenne; and Chief Iron Tail, a Sioux. The buffalo on the reverse was modeled after a bison called "Black Diamond" which lived in the New York zoo.

They also embellish the horse's head, neck, and tail with golden ornaments. The king performs the sacrifice with a golden Knife.

former Chief Engraver of the Mint, Gilroy Roberts, designed the Kennedy Half obverse; his initials are on the base of the neck. The reverse was the project of Chief Engraver Frank Gasparro and his initials appear between the claw and the tail ...

Designed by James Earle Fraser, the model for the reverse was a buffalo named Black Diamond from New York City's Central Park Zoo. The obverse has a composite profile of a three real Native American chiefs named John Big Tree, Iron Tail and Two ...

The mint name is, however, clearly written as Almora, and the date appears to be 1858 VS, although it has been engraved over the tail of zarb, and might possibly be 1854 VS (=1797) or 1857 VS.

mint for all years 1892-1916, for all years except three (1906, 1910, 1916) at the San Francisco Mint, from 1892-1909 at the New Orleans mint, and from 1906-16 at the Denver mint. The mintmark appears on the reverse, underneath the eagle's tail ...

The Full Jubilee Sovereign was produced for six years and only ever had the St. George reverse. However the design of the St. George was changed in 1891 giving the horse a slightly longer tail and a ribbon behind St. Georges head.

denomination at the bottom, 25 to the left of the eagle's tail, C. to the right. The tips of the eagle's wings extend nearly to the rim, separating the words of the legend.

From 1921 to 1935 on the Peace type dollars on the reverse above the eagle tail feathers. On the Eisenhower and Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea type dollars on the obverse above the date.
Trade Dollars - on the reverse below the eagle.

See also: Reverse, Revers, Coin, Mint, Struck