2-1/2 Feathers Designation

I found some info for you Ralph. The 2 and 2 1/2 feather varieties are the result of excessive die polishing to remove clashes. Values and rarity depend on date/mintmark combos and vary greatly.

http://www.coinworld.com/news/081604/BW_0816.asp

I find this variety interesting and very undervalued. I think the market will climb on these as we are seeing a surge of collecting interest in the past couple years.

An interesting bit of info is that the legendary 3 legged buffalo is also often found with 2 1/2 feathers. The 2 1/2 feather variety as was stated before is indeed a result of over polishing / abraiding the dies in an effort to remove clash marks, It just so happens that this is the same cause of the 3 Legged buffalo and have you noticed the prices on them? I think its just a matter of time before more people become savy to these gems. Also if you take the time to look through dealers stock you can still cherrypick these varieties as they are often overlooked and un-attributed.

Very intersting informatin; thanxz to Ralph for asking the question and to BioKemist for providing the answer. This is a great forum; always learning more.