Posted 08/11/2013 1:21 pm
A method for attributing these in worn strikes has occurred to me through observation - I haven't seen thousands but I've seen a whole bunch and it seems to ring true, but don't take my word for gospel - is in the length of the bust, regardless of the point.
If you start at the intersection of the left serif of the one and the stand - the inside corner of the left serif - and draw a line through the very leftmost tip of the upper serif, that line will either touch the very tip of the bust of a "with L," or the tip will fall slightly short. The bust of a "no L" will extend plainly past that line to the left. There should be no mistaking the two.
With that said, the front of the bust on yours is a bit obscured in the image. It's tough to tell where it ends; you might have better luck manually with a loupe, in bright sunlight. I *think* it's a "with L."
If you start at the intersection of the left serif of the one and the stand - the inside corner of the left serif - and draw a line through the very leftmost tip of the upper serif, that line will either touch the very tip of the bust of a "with L," or the tip will fall slightly short. The bust of a "no L" will extend plainly past that line to the left. There should be no mistaking the two.
With that said, the front of the bust on yours is a bit obscured in the image. It's tough to tell where it ends; you might have better luck manually with a loupe, in bright sunlight. I *think* it's a "with L."
