Engraved in taille-douce, machine-perforated 14 to 16, compound, on pinkish-white paper; watermark, star. The groundwork, behind the head, is composed of strips of two different patterns of engine-turning, disposed alternately, nine in all. Each strip is separated from its neighbors by a fine white vertical line ; the central strips being, of course, more or less hidden by the head. The first and last strips have 17 very prominent, diamond-shaped dots running down their centers. One of the inner rows, bearing the same pattern as the two just mentioned, shows one of these dots, just where the hair springs, on the forehead, below the coronet; and this dot is a little larger than the rest. There are two rows of jewels in the band of the coronet; the top row consists of pearls, and the lower row of a few oblong jewels. The lower half of the ear is visible; the face is shaded all over, as is also the neck ; and there is no shading behind the face, on the background, except just beneath the chin.

Engraved in taille-douce, varieties as above. The die is exactly the same as the id., value only excepted, and therefore the tests for the genuine id. will hold good for the genuine 6d.