Natural gray surfaces with highlights of tan on the devices. Splashes of iridescent toning are noted in the fields on both sides. An old scratch in front of Liberty's face severs her nose.

Fourteen die varieties are known including both overdates and normal dates. The coinage was complete through the use of seven obverse and nine reverse dies with a recorded mintage of 211,722 coins.

Important early die state without evidence of a die crack through the second star. Perfect reverse die.

From Stack's, November 1973.