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Bear #4; Burnie type 24

Hand cut smooth bear with no tail that is shaped like a possum
Blobs representing footsteps? beneath
Plain floral pattern in front and behind, with slightly more detail than #1
Denomination in large letters in middle
Unusually nicely engraved heads, with line drawing hair
Seen in 1/2 size

Later re-engraved to form the Bear10 series.

Reported by Andy as Motivations Research products

9 varieties listed

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Bear #4, all are 13 stars, line drawing style, coin orientation
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Octagonal 1/2
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1855 Liberty #1, same obverse seen with Bear #7 +

1855 Liberty #2 (delisted)

1857 Liberty #1, same obverse seen with Bear #10. 11.3x0.6mm, 0.57grams

1852 Indian #1

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Round 1/2
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1852 Liberty #1, bear hind legs over ground
Seen in early DS struck on 0.60 gram pre-strike gold plated planchet (illustrated) and also in late DS with much less reverse detail (later than the Indian heads) and 0.65 gram post-strike gold plated planchet. Early die state has a heavy die line between the Bear's hind legs & coarse die polish at K2.

1852 Indian #1, crack rim to star 3 +

1854 Indian #1, faint crack from K5 to K11+

1854 Indian #2, die line between 18 in date, spike on top of 1, upper head-dress band curved, heavy brow ridge
Same dies as Bear10 #2, but without the cracks; indicating an earlier die state. 12.1x0.7mm, 0.63grams.

1854 Indian #3, Crude copy of #1. Staple hole from the seller's clumsy packaging.