Louisiana Gold Variety LFRH-2
Full Stars (Die States 1.0 to 2.0)
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Lapped Stars (Die States 3.0 to 4.0)
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Pick-Up Points
Usual Lapped Stars die states
Rare Full Stars die states
LFRH-2 is the most common die variety of the Louisiana Gold 1/2 series.
It can usually be attributed by the lapped area within the upper leaf northeast of the "P"
initial. But rare Full Stars early die states are instead identified by the diagonal
die scratch below the 4 in the date.
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Full stars (Die States 1.0 to 2.0), Rarity 6
Lapped stars (Die States 3.0 to 4.0), Rarity 4
Medal turn
Weight: 0.29gm
Diameter: 11.3mm
Plain edge.
14 obverse stars
Reverse die shared with LFRH-1,
LFRH-3,
LFRH-4.
Equivalents:
Burnie-L-2 (page 79),
Bruce-Louisiana-X#Tn2,
Morice-LPG-3,
Hendershott-61-330,
Locke (2001) 3rd of four depicted.
Die States
Die State 1.0
Die State 2.0
Die State 3.0
Die State 4.0