1861-S Paquet Reverse Double Eagle
The 1891-S double eagle is a fairly available coin. However, if the reverse on the 1861-S happens to have taller letters in the inscription that make it a Paquet reverse, then the rather ordinary 1861-S suddenly becomes much more interesting.
The story of the Paquet reverse starts with the fact that the mints were having trouble with the reverse dies of the double eagle. For example, in
