The obverse has a small die flaw or chip in the right field opposite the space between stars 8 and 9. No clash marks are visible.

Overdates among 1802 coinage: Apparently the Mint had several unused coinage dies of different denominations available for use in 1802. The following is an accounting of such coins. Half cents of two different varieties are all from a single 1802 over 0 obverse die. No normal date 1802 half cents have ever been found. Silver dollars are known with both 1802 over 1 overdates and with normal dates. Among the former, five varieties are known from five different obverse dies. Quarter eagles include three normal date varieties from a single obverse die. This has often been catalogued as an overdate, however, it is not in our opinion. All known half eagles are 1802 over 1 overdates from two different obverse dies. Large cents, half dimes, dimes, and half dollars are known only with normal dates. To summarize, eight different coinage dies bearing the 1802 date are overdated from previous years.