1843 O Small Date Crosslet 4 Gold $2 1/2 Dollar Liberty Coronet SEGS AU 50 .900 Gold Mint: New Orleans Mintage 288,002 : Obv. Bust of Liberty, facing left. The female representing Liberty appears young, perhaps in her twenties. Clearly, Gobrecht based his design on the earlier representations of Liberty, combined with a few additions of his own. The word “LIBERTY†is inscribed on a coronet, and Liberty’s hair is in a knot. Completing the design are thirteen stars around the image and the date just below the truncation of the neck. Rev. is the image of an American bald eagle, with roughly the same appearance as the previous type. The eagle’s claws grasp an olive branch and three arrows and a shield is placed at the eagle’s chest. Compared to the previous type, the lettering is larger, as is the Eagle itself. The inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA†is around, and the denomination, as “2 ½ D.†is below. Next to the denominations are two large dots which separate it from the lettering.