What date is big or small a date on the currency?

Question: I see different descriptions about currency and the currency has a date description, large or small. What does it mean, how do I know what to look for? How do I know which is best?

My answer: descriptions that refer to talk about different species of a particular currency type.For different reasons to die that hit the coins changed. in the case of large and small coins dates, date modified, and the result was the date was a tiny bit smaller than the one that was tiny bit or larger.

The rest of your question is difficult to answer because of the difference between large date coins coins date less don't mean to be the same as with different types of currencies.So it all depends on what kind of currency are talking about.

Most of the time difference between a small coin currency date is still very large date is sometimes difficult even for numismatists. Paz tell the difference, they depend on external specifies the service to make the determination.

"Red Book" (the Red Book: A Guide book to the film of United States coins 2009 ) gives a picture of a large currency coins dates next to the date of small useful progress determination. in addition, it shows images of the other subtle differences in sizes of letters etc.On coins.

Since I don't know what type of currency you are referring to, I will use the St. Lincoln 1960D as an example.

examples of large date and small date 1960D Lincoln Cent

At first sight it is difficult to see any differences in the pictures above, but there are many differences below. between large date Lincoln cent 1960D date small species.


Take a look at the 9. Note that within the loop on the 9 is smaller than the small date range.
Now look at 6. Notice how the top 6 expands further on a large date range.
Notice how much less is zero on small date range.
Note that the date is also a small, top with 1-9, but on a large date range, the higher the 9 to 1.

This is just one example of the differences between varieties of large date and date coins. length of the eye is trained to distinguish the differences in certain types of coins.


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