1899 Newfoundland 20 Cents, I Need Help

thanks. now I have a real problem because when I posted this same coin about a week ago one person answered and said I have the small 9's variety. I'm going to have to wait and maybe see how many more answers I get just so I can be sure. lol I guess reposting didnt make things any more easy. thank you for you answer mkb

malissadawn..No.. I don't think there is any easy way to tell.

In the Charlton book, the small 99, and the large 99 is pretty hard to tell the difference.

I have one just like yours, but I called it the large 99s, they seem to be a little longer than the small 99s.

Hope this helps some.

Yeah1 I agree

If you had the two coins together, you could probably tell better.

Yes, mkb.. Thanks, for posting the image,you can see that the large 99s has bigger 0s in the 9s and also the 8s.

and, like I said, the 9s seem somewhat longer.

OK, so between 2 posts I have 1 vote for sm. 9's........ 2 votes for large 9's. Few more please and thanks?

I vote for the large '9's
The o in large 9's is round versus oblong

The coin imaged in your post is the Large 9 variety. I am no expert on this series but the tails of the 9s on the large variety are thinner and rounded on the ends with a wider gap than the small variety. The difference is small and subtle but fairly clear one you have seen enough coins. Try telling the difference between a small and large motto 1864 US 2 Cent without holding the two varieties side by side. For me its easy I have studied hundreds but even dealers get confused sometimes....

thank you everyone. I appreciate all the replies.

malissa